#78ABE8#78ABE8

#78ABE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABE8
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 232)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -0.48, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 35.84, 269.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0297 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.105 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8692, 38.9425, 81.9021)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABE8 #E8B578

analogous

#78E3E8 #78ABE8 #7D78E8

triadic

#78ABE8 #E878AB #ABE878

tetradic

#78ABE8 #E878E3 #E8B578 #78E87D

square

#78ABE8 #E878E3 #E8B578 #78E87D

split-complementary

#78ABE8 #E87D78 #E3E878

monochromatic

#216CC4 #448ADF #78ABE8 #ACCCF1 #E1ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78ABE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#78ABE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABE8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABE8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3ef',
    500: '#78abe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abe8;
$custom-light: #a4c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.679,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72952,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABE8

secondary

#EEDFCD

accent

#7B13D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABE8

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

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