#78AED9#78AED9

#78AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.085 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AED9
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(207, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -6.41, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 27.99, 256.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.038 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.085 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4019, 39.2725, 71.3471)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AED9 #D9A378

analogous

#78D9D3 #78AED9 #787DD9

triadic

#78AED9 #D978AE #AED978

tetradic

#78AED9 #D378D9 #D9A378 #7DD978

square

#78AED9 #D378D9 #D9A378 #7DD978

split-complementary

#78AED9 #D9787D #D9D378

monochromatic

#2F72A7 #4891CC #78AED9 #A8CBE6 #D8E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#78AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#78AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AED9

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AED9	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.085 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e5',
    500: '#78aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aed9;
$custom-light: #a3c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.598,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AED9

secondary

#E6D5C6

accent

#6A22C4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AED9

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

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