#78AED7#78AED7

#78AED7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.083 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AED7
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 215)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -6.96, -26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 27.18, 255.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0387 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.083 242)
XYZ	xyz(35.1433, 39.1691, 69.9853)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AED7 #D7A178

analogous

#78D7D1 #78AED7 #787ED7

triadic

#78AED7 #D778AE #AED778

tetradic

#78AED7 #D178D7 #D7A178 #7ED778

square

#78AED7 #D178D7 #D7A178 #7ED778

split-complementary

#78AED7 #D7787E #D7D178

monochromatic

#3172A4 #4992C9 #78AED7 #A7CAE5 #D6E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#78AED7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#78AED7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AED7

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AED7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AED7	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aed7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.083 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e3',
    500: '#78aed7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aed7;
$custom-light: #a3c6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aed7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.895,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72862,
    "c": 0.08252,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.39171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AED7

secondary

#E5D3C6

accent

#6824C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AED7

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

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