#78AEDD#78AEDD

#78AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.089 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEDD
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -5.29, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 29.69, 259.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0367 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.089 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9285, 39.4832, 74.1204)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEDD #DDA778

analogous

#78DDDA #78AEDD #787CDD

triadic

#78AEDD #DD78AE #AEDD78

tetradic

#78AEDD #DA78DD #DDA778 #7CDD78

square

#78AEDD #DA78DD #DDA778 #7CDD78

split-complementary

#78AEDD #DD787C #DDDA78

monochromatic

#2C72AF #4791D1 #78AEDD #A9CBE9 #DAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#78AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEDD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEDD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.089 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e7',
    500: '#78aedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aedd;
$custom-light: #a4c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.921,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEDD

secondary

#E9D7C8

accent

#6D1EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEDD

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

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