#78ABE3#78ABE3

#78ABE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.098 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABE3
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -1.92, -33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 33.47, 266.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0312 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.098 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1691, 38.6624, 78.2148)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABE3 #E3B078

analogous

#78E0E3 #78ABE3 #7A78E3

triadic

#78ABE3 #E378AB #ABE378

tetradic

#78ABE3 #E378E0 #E3B078 #78E37A

square

#78ABE3 #E378E0 #E3B078 #78E37A

split-complementary

#78ABE3 #E37A78 #E0E378

monochromatic

#276DBA #458BD8 #78ABE3 #ABCBEE #DDEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#78ABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#78ABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABE3

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABE3	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.098 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3ec',
    500: '#78abe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abe3;
$custom-light: #a4c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.402,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72725,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABE3

secondary

#ECDCCB

accent

#7718CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABE3

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

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