#78ADEA#78ADEA

#78ADEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ADEA
RGB	rgb(120, 173, 234)
HSL	hsl(212, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -1.01, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 35.97, 268.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0314 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.105 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5355, 39.8180, 83.5337)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ADEA #EAB578

analogous

#78E6EA #78ADEA #7C78EA

triadic

#78ADEA #EA78AD #ADEA78

tetradic

#78ADEA #EA78E6 #EAB578 #78EA7C

square

#78ADEA #EA78E6 #EAB578 #78EA7C

split-complementary

#78ADEA #EA7C78 #E6EA78

monochromatic

#1F6EC8 #438DE2 #78ADEA #ADCDF2 #E2EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#78ADEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#78ADEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ADEA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ADEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ADEA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78adea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 173, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5f1',
    500: '#78adea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78adea;
$custom-light: #a5c5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78adea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.105,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ADEA

secondary

#EFE0CE

accent

#7A10D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ADEA

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

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