#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
RGB	rgb(120, 173, 232)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -1.59, -34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 35.02, 267.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.032 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.103 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2498, 39.7038, 82.0290)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##78ADE8	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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