#78ABEF#78ABEF

#78ABEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABEF
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 239)
HSL	hsl(214, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 28.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 1.57, -39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 39.24, 272.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0276 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.113 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8833, 39.3481, 87.2433)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABEF #EFBC78

analogous

#78E6EF #78ABEF #8078EF

triadic

#78ABEF #EF78AB #ABEF78

tetradic

#78ABEF #EF78E6 #EFBC78 #78EF80

square

#78ABEF #EF78E6 #EFBC78 #78EF80

split-complementary

#78ABEF #EF8078 #E6EF78

monochromatic

#1969D4 #4189E9 #78ABEF #AFCDF5 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#78ABEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#78ABEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABEF

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABEF	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AFF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c3f4',
    500: '#78abef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abef;
$custom-light: #a5c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73279,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABEF

secondary

#F2E4D1

accent

#820ADB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABEF

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

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