#78AED4#78AED4

#78AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.079 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AED4
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -7.79, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 25.98, 252.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0398 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.079 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7614, 39.0163, 67.9738)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AED4 #D49E78

analogous

#78D4CC #78AED4 #7880D4

triadic

#78AED4 #D478AE #AED478

tetradic

#78AED4 #CC78D4 #D49E78 #80D478

square

#78AED4 #CC78D4 #D49E78 #80D478

split-complementary

#78AED4 #D47880 #D4CC78

monochromatic

#33729F #4A92C5 #78AED4 #A6CAE3 #D5E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#78AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AED4

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AED4	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DADD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.079 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e1',
    500: '#78aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aed4;
$custom-light: #a3c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.783,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72738,
    "c": 0.07935,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AED4

secondary

#E3D1C4

accent

#6526BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AED4

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

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