#78ABE1#78ABE1

#78ABE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.096 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABE1
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 225)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 47%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 24%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -2.50, -32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 32.54, 265.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0318 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.096 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8946, 38.5527, 76.7695)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABE1 #E1AE78

analogous

#78DFE1 #78ABE1 #7978E1

triadic

#78ABE1 #E178AB #ABE178

tetradic

#78ABE1 #E178DF #E1AE78 #78E179

square

#78ABE1 #E178DF #E1AE78 #78E179

split-complementary

#78ABE1 #E17978 #DFE178

monochromatic

#286DB6 #468CD6 #78ABE1 #AACAEC #DCE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#78ABE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#78ABE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABE1

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABE1	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.096 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3ea',
    500: '#78abe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abe1;
$custom-light: #a4c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABE1

secondary

#EBDBCA

accent

#751ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABE1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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