#78ABE9#78ABE9

#78ABE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABE9
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(213, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -0.18, -36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 36.32, 269.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0294 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.106 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0116, 38.9995, 82.6523)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABE9 #E9B678

analogous

#78E4E9 #78ABE9 #7E78E9

triadic

#78ABE9 #E978AB #ABE978

tetradic

#78ABE9 #E978E4 #E9B678 #78E97E

square

#78ABE9 #E978E4 #E9B678 #78E97E

split-complementary

#78ABE9 #E97E78 #E4E978

monochromatic

#206BC6 #438AE0 #78ABE9 #ADCCF2 #E1ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78ABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#78ABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABE9

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABE9	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f0',
    500: '#78abe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abe9;
$custom-light: #a5c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.92,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABE9

secondary

#EFE0CE

accent

#7C11D4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABE9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →