#78ABE2#78ABE2

#78ABE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.097 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABE2
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -2.21, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 33.01, 266.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0315 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.097 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0314, 38.6074, 77.4901)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABE2 #E2AF78

analogous

#78E0E2 #78ABE2 #7A78E2

triadic

#78ABE2 #E278AB #ABE278

tetradic

#78ABE2 #E278E0 #E2AF78 #78E27A

square

#78ABE2 #E278E0 #E2AF78 #78E27A

split-complementary

#78ABE2 #E27A78 #E0E278

monochromatic

#286DB8 #468CD7 #78ABE2 #AACAED #DDEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#78ABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#78ABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABE2

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABE2	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.097 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3eb',
    500: '#78abe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abe2;
$custom-light: #a4c3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.132,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72681,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABE2

secondary

#EBDCCB

accent

#7619CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABE2

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

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