#78ABE7#78ABE7

#78ABE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABE7
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 231)
HSL	hsl(212, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 26%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -0.77, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 35.36, 268.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.03 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.103 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7275, 38.8858, 81.1562)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABE7 #E7B478

analogous

#78E3E7 #78ABE7 #7D78E7

triadic

#78ABE7 #E778AB #ABE778

tetradic

#78ABE7 #E778E3 #E7B478 #78E77D

square

#78ABE7 #E778E3 #E7B478 #78E77D

split-complementary

#78ABE7 #E77D78 #E3E778

monochromatic

#236CC2 #448BDE #78ABE7 #ACCBF0 #E0ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78ABE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#78ABE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABE7

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABE7	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3ef',
    500: '#78abe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abe7;
$custom-light: #a4c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72907,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABE7

secondary

#EEDFCD

accent

#7A14D2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABE7

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

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