#78ACEE#78ACEE

#78ACEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ACEE
RGB	rgb(120, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 0.72, -38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 38.31, 271.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.029 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.111 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9256, 39.6684, 86.5306)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ACEE #EEBA78

analogous

#78E7EE #78ACEE #7F78EE

triadic

#78ACEE #EE78AC #ACEE78

tetradic

#78ACEE #EE78E7 #EEBA78 #78EE7F

square

#78ACEE #EE78E7 #EEBA78 #78EE7F

split-complementary

#78ACEE #EE7F78 #E7EE78

monochromatic

#1A6BD1 #428BE7 #78ACEE #AECDF5 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#78ACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#78ACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ACEE

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ACEE	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78acee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c4f3',
    500: '#78acee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78acee;
$custom-light: #a5c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78acee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.559,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73445,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ACEE

secondary

#F1E3D1

accent

#7F0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ACEE

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

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