#78ADE8#78ADE8

#78ADE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78ADE8
RGBrgb(120, 173, 232)
HSLhsl(212, 71%, 69%)
HSVhsv(212, 48%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(48.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.26, -1.59, -34.99)
CIE-LCHlch(69.26, 35.02, 267.40°)
OKLaboklab(73.38% -0.032 -0.0978)
OKLCHoklch(73.38% 0.103 251.9)
XYZxyz(37.2498, 39.7038, 82.0290)
Luminance0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78ADE8 #E8B378
analogous
#78E5E8 #78ADE8 #7B78E8
triadic
#78ADE8 #E878AD #ADE878
tetradic
#78ADE8 #E878E5 #E8B378 #78E87B
square
#78ADE8 #E878E5 #E8B378 #78E87B
split-complementary
#78ADE8 #E87B78 #E5E878
monochromatic
#216EC4 #448DDF #78ADE8 #ACCDF1 #E1EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#78ADE8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94
#78ADE8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ADE8
8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78ADE8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78ADE81.002.358.948.94
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9421.001.001.00
##0000008.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96AFEB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#88A4E7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#45BAC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78ade8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 173, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 251.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c5ef',
    500: '#78ade8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78ade8;
$custom-light: #a4c5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78ade8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.607,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73383,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78ADE8
secondary
#EEDFCD
accent
#7813D3
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#101216
muted
#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ADE8

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#78ADE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva