#78ABE4#78ABE4

#78ABE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.100 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABE4
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -1.63, -33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 33.94, 267.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0309 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.1 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3075, 38.7178, 78.9438)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABE4 #E4B178

analogous

#78E1E4 #78ABE4 #7B78E4

triadic

#78ABE4 #E478AB #ABE478

tetradic

#78ABE4 #E478E1 #E4B178 #78E47B

square

#78ABE4 #E478E1 #E4B178 #78E47B

split-complementary

#78ABE4 #E47B78 #E1E478

monochromatic

#266DBC #458BDA #78ABE4 #ABCBEE #DEEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#78ABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#78ABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABE4

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABE4	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.100 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3ec',
    500: '#78abe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abe4;
$custom-light: #a4c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABE4

secondary

#ECDDCC

accent

#7817CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABE4

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

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