#78ABE6#78ABE6

#78ABE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABE6
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -1.06, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 34.89, 268.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0303 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.102 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5867, 38.8295, 80.4145)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABE6 #E6B378

analogous

#78E2E6 #78ABE6 #7C78E6

triadic

#78ABE6 #E678AB #ABE678

tetradic

#78ABE6 #E678E2 #E6B378 #78E67C

square

#78ABE6 #E678E2 #E6B378 #78E67C

split-complementary

#78ABE6 #E67C78 #E2E678

monochromatic

#246CC0 #448BDC #78ABE6 #ACCBF0 #DFEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#78ABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#78ABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABE6

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABE6	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3ee',
    500: '#78abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abe6;
$custom-light: #a4c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.182,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72861,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABE6

secondary

#EDDECC

accent

#7A15D1

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABE6

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

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