#78AED3#78AED3

#78AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.078 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AED3
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -8.07, -24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 25.60, 251.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0401 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.078 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6356, 38.9660, 67.3115)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AED3 #D39D78

analogous

#78D3CB #78AED3 #7880D3

triadic

#78AED3 #D378AE #AED378

tetradic

#78AED3 #CB78D3 #D39D78 #80D378

square

#78AED3 #CB78D3 #D39D78 #80D378

split-complementary

#78AED3 #D37880 #D3CB78

monochromatic

#33729D #4A92C4 #78AED3 #A6CAE2 #D4E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#78AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AED3

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AED3	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EADD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.078 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e0',
    500: '#78aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aed3;
$custom-light: #a3c6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.396,
    "s": 50.838,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72697,
    "c": 0.07832,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AED3

secondary

#E3D1C4

accent

#6527BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AED3

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

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