#78AEE5#78AEE5

#78AEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.098 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEE5
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -3.01, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 33.25, 264.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0341 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.098 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0198, 39.9197, 79.8681)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEE5 #E5AF78

analogous

#78E5E5 #78AEE5 #7878E5

triadic

#78AEE5 #E578AE #AEE578

tetradic

#78AEE5 #E578E5 #E5AF78 #78E578

square

#78AEE5 #E578E5 #E5AF78 #78E578

split-complementary

#78AEE5 #E57878 #E5E578

monochromatic

#2571BE #458FDB #78AEE5 #ABCDEF #DFECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#78AEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#78AEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEE5

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEE5	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.098 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6ed',
    500: '#78aee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aee5;
$custom-light: #a4c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.275,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEE5

secondary

#EDDDCC

accent

#7416D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEE5

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

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