#78AED2#78AED2

#78AED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.077 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AED2
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(204, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 43%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -8.34, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 25.22, 250.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0405 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.077 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5107, 38.9161, 66.6533)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AED2 #D29C78

analogous

#78D2C9 #78AED2 #7881D2

triadic

#78AED2 #D278AE #AED278

tetradic

#78AED2 #C978D2 #D29C78 #81D278

square

#78AED2 #C978D2 #D29C78 #81D278

split-complementary

#78AED2 #D27881 #D2C978

monochromatic

#34729C #4A92C3 #78AED2 #A6CAE1 #D4E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78AED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#78AED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AED2

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AED2	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EADD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.077 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e0',
    500: '#78aed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aed2;
$custom-light: #a3c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72656,
    "c": 0.07731,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AED2

secondary

#E2D0C3

accent

#6428BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AED2

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

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