#78AEDF#78AEDF

#78AEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.091 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEDF
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 223)
HSL	hsl(209, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 22%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -4.72, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 30.56, 261.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.036 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.091 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1965, 39.5904, 75.5321)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEDF #DFA978

analogous

#78DFDD #78AEDF #787ADF

triadic

#78AEDF #DF78AE #AEDF78

tetradic

#78AEDF #DD78DF #DFA978 #7ADF78

square

#78AEDF #DD78DF #DFA978 #7ADF78

split-complementary

#78AEDF #DF787A #DFDD78

monochromatic

#2A72B2 #4790D3 #78AEDF #A9CCEB #DBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#78AEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#78AEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEDF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEDF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.091 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6e9',
    500: '#78aedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aedf;
$custom-light: #a4c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.544,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73201,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEDF

secondary

#EAD9C9

accent

#6F1CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEDF

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

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