#78AEDE#78AEDE

#78AEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.090 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEDE
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -5.00, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 30.12, 260.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0364 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.09 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0621, 39.5366, 74.8241)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEDE #DEA878

analogous

#78DEDB #78AEDE #787BDE

triadic

#78AEDE #DE78AE #AEDE78

tetradic

#78AEDE #DB78DE #DEA878 #7BDE78

square

#78AEDE #DB78DE #DEA878 #7BDE78

split-complementary

#78AEDE #DE787B #DEDB78

monochromatic

#2B72B0 #4790D2 #78AEDE #A9CCEA #DAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#78AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEDE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEDE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.090 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e8',
    500: '#78aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aede;
$custom-light: #a4c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73158,
    "c": 0.09028,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEDE

secondary

#E9D8C9

accent

#6E1DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEDE

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

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