#78AEE3#78AEE3

#78AEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.096 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEE3
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(210, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -3.58, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 32.34, 263.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0348 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.096 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7422, 39.8087, 78.4059)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEE3 #E3AD78

analogous

#78E3E3 #78AEE3 #7878E3

triadic

#78AEE3 #E378AE #AEE378

tetradic

#78AEE3 #E378E3 #E3AD78 #78E378

square

#78AEE3 #E378E3 #E3AD78 #78E378

split-complementary

#78AEE3 #E37878 #E3E378

monochromatic

#2771BA #4590D8 #78AEE3 #ABCCEE #DDEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#78AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#78AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEE3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEE3	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.096 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6ec',
    500: '#78aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aee3;
$custom-light: #a4c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.72,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.0961,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEE3

secondary

#ECDBCB

accent

#7218CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEE3

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

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