#78AED8#78AED8

#78AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.084 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AED8
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -6.69, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 27.58, 255.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0384 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.084 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2722, 39.2207, 70.6641)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AED8 #D8A278

analogous

#78D8D2 #78AED8 #787ED8

triadic

#78AED8 #D878AE #AED878

tetradic

#78AED8 #D278D8 #D8A278 #7ED878

square

#78AED8 #D278D8 #D8A278 #7ED878

split-complementary

#78AED8 #D8787E #D8D278

monochromatic

#3072A6 #4992CA #78AED8 #A7CAE6 #D7E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#78AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#78AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AED8

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AED8	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.084 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e4',
    500: '#78aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aed8;
$custom-light: #a3c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72903,
    "c": 0.0836,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AED8

secondary

#E6D4C6

accent

#6923C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AED8

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

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