#78AEDA#78AEDA

#78AEDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.086 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEDA
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 218)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 20.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -6.13, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 28.41, 257.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0377 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.086 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5323, 39.3247, 72.0341)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEDA #DAA478

analogous

#78DAD5 #78AEDA #787DDA

triadic

#78AEDA #DA78AE #AEDA78

tetradic

#78AEDA #D578DA #DAA478 #7DDA78

square

#78AEDA #D578DA #DAA478 #7DDA78

split-complementary

#78AEDA #DA787D #DAD578

monochromatic

#2E72A9 #4891CD #78AEDA #A8CBE7 #D8E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#78AEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#78AEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEDA

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEDA	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aeda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.086 243.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aeda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.939,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72987,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEDA

secondary

#E7D5C7

accent

#6A21C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEDA

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

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