#78AEDC#78AEDC

#78AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.088 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEDC
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(208, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -5.57, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 29.26, 259.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.037 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.088 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7956, 39.4300, 73.4208)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEDC #DCA678

analogous

#78DCD8 #78AEDC #787CDC

triadic

#78AEDC #DC78AE #AEDC78

tetradic

#78AEDC #D878DC #DCA678 #7CDC78

square

#78AEDC #D878DC #DCA678 #7CDC78

split-complementary

#78AEDC #DC787C #DCD878

monochromatic

#2D72AD #4791CF #78AEDC #A9CBE9 #D9E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#78AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEDC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEDC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.088 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c6e7',
    500: '#78aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aedc;
$custom-light: #a3c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73072,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEDC

secondary

#E8D7C8

accent

#6C1FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEDC

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

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