#78ADEE#78ADEE

#78ADEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ADEE
RGB	rgb(120, 173, 238)
HSL	hsl(213, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 27.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 0.16, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 37.88, 270.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0302 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.11 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1166, 40.0505, 86.5943)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ADEE #EEB978

analogous

#78E8EE #78ADEE #7E78EE

triadic

#78ADEE #EE78AD #ADEE78

tetradic

#78ADEE #EE78E8 #EEB978 #78EE7E

square

#78ADEE #EE78E8 #EEB978 #78EE7E

split-complementary

#78ADEE #EE7E78 #E8EE78

monochromatic

#1A6CD1 #428CE7 #78ADEE #AECEF5 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#78ADEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#78ADEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ADEE

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ADEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ADEE	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78adee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 173, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5f3',
    500: '#78adee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78adee;
$custom-light: #a5c5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78adee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.051,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73659,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ADEE

secondary

#F1E3D1

accent

#7D0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ADEE

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

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