#78ADEF#78ADEF

#78ADEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 254.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ADEF
RGB	rgb(120, 173, 239)
HSL	hsl(213, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 27.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 0.45, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 38.36, 270.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0299 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.112 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2640, 40.1094, 87.3702)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ADEF #EFBA78

analogous

#78E9EF #78ADEF #7E78EF

triadic

#78ADEF #EF78AD #ADEF78

tetradic

#78ADEF #EF78E9 #EFBA78 #78EF7E

square

#78ADEF #EF78E9 #EFBA78 #78EF7E

split-complementary

#78ADEF #EF7E78 #E9EF78

monochromatic

#196CD4 #418CE9 #78ADEF #AFCEF5 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#78ADEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#78ADEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ADEF

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ADEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ADEF	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78adef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 173, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5f4',
    500: '#78adef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78adef;
$custom-light: #a5c5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78adef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.277,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73705,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ADEF

secondary

#F2E3D1

accent

#7E0ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ADEF

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

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