#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
RGBrgb(120, 171, 232)
HSLhsl(213, 71%, 69%)
HSVhsv(213, 48%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(48.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.71, -0.48, -35.84)
CIE-LCHlch(68.71, 35.84, 269.24°)
OKLaboklab(72.95% -0.0297 -0.1002)
OKLCHoklch(72.95% 0.105 253.5)
XYZxyz(36.8692, 38.9425, 81.9021)
Luminance0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##78ABE81.002.398.798.79
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7921.001.001.00
##0000008.7921.001.001.00

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

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#78ABE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva