#78ABEB#78ABEB

#78ABEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.108 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABEB
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 235)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 0.40, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 37.29, 270.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0288 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.108 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2989, 39.1144, 84.1655)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABEB #EBB878

analogous

#78E5EB #78ABEB #7E78EB

triadic

#78ABEB #EB78AB #ABEB78

tetradic

#78ABEB #EB78E5 #EBB878 #78EB7E

square

#78ABEB #EB78E5 #EBB878 #78EB7E

split-complementary

#78ABEB #EB7E78 #E5EB78

monochromatic

#1E6BCB #438AE3 #78ABEB #ADCCF3 #E3EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#78ABEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#78ABEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABEB

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABEB	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.108 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f1',
    500: '#78abeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abeb;
$custom-light: #a5c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.391,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73091,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABEB

secondary

#F0E1CF

accent

#7E0FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABEB

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

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