#78AED0#78AED0

#78AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.075 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AED0
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(203, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -8.89, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 24.48, 248.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0412 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.075 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2631, 38.8170, 65.3493)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AED0 #D09A78

analogous

#78D0C6 #78AED0 #7882D0

triadic

#78AED0 #D078AE #AED078

tetradic

#78AED0 #C678D0 #D09A78 #82D078

square

#78AED0 #C678D0 #D09A78 #82D078

split-complementary

#78AED0 #D07882 #D0C678

monochromatic

#357299 #4B93C0 #78AED0 #A5C9E0 #D3E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#78AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#78AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AED0

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AED0	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.075 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6de',
    500: '#78aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aed0;
$custom-light: #a3c6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 48.352,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72576,
    "c": 0.07533,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AED0

secondary

#E1CEC3

accent

#622ABC

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AED0

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

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