#78ADDE#78ADDE

#78ADDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.091 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ADDE
RGB	rgb(120, 173, 222)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 22.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -4.45, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 30.46, 261.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0352 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.091 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8696, 39.1517, 74.7600)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ADDE #DEA978

analogous

#78DEDC #78ADDE #787ADE

triadic

#78ADDE #DE78AD #ADDE78

tetradic

#78ADDE #DC78DE #DEA978 #7ADE78

square

#78ADDE #DC78DE #DEA978 #7ADE78

split-complementary

#78ADDE #DE787A #DEDC78

monochromatic

#2B70B0 #478FD2 #78ADDE #A9CBEA #DAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#78ADDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#78ADDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ADDE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ADDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ADDE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78adde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 173, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.091 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5e8',
    500: '#78adde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78adde;
$custom-light: #a4c5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78adde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.824,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72939,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ADDE

secondary

#E9D8C9

accent

#6F1DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ADDE

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

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