#78AEDB#78AEDB

#78AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.087 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEDB
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(207, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -5.85, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 28.83, 258.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0374 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.087 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6636, 39.3772, 72.7254)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEDB #DBA578

analogous

#78DBD7 #78AEDB #787DDB

triadic

#78AEDB #DB78AE #AEDB78

tetradic

#78AEDB #D778DB #DBA578 #7DDB78

square

#78AEDB #D778DB #DBA578 #7DDB78

split-complementary

#78AEDB #DB787D #DBD778

monochromatic

#2E72AB #4891CE #78AEDB #A8CBE8 #D9E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#78AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#78AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEDB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEDB	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.087 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e6',
    500: '#78aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aedb;
$custom-light: #a3c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7303,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEDB

secondary

#E7D6C7

accent

#6B20C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEDB

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

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