#78ADE4#78ADE4

#78ADE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.098 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ADE4
RGB	rgb(120, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(211, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -2.74, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 33.16, 265.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0332 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.098 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6881, 39.4791, 79.0707)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ADE4 #E4AF78

analogous

#78E3E4 #78ADE4 #7978E4

triadic

#78ADE4 #E478AD #ADE478

tetradic

#78ADE4 #E478E3 #E4AF78 #78E479

square

#78ADE4 #E478E3 #E4AF78 #78E479

split-complementary

#78ADE4 #E47978 #E3E478

monochromatic

#266FBC #458EDA #78ADE4 #ABCCEE #DEEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78ADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#78ADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ADE4

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ADE4	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.098 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5ec',
    500: '#78ade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ade4;
$custom-light: #a4c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.556,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73203,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ADE4

secondary

#ECDCCC

accent

#7417CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ADE4

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

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