#78AEEB#78AEEB

#78AEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.106 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEEB
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 235)
HSL	hsl(212, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 26%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -1.27, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 36.03, 267.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0323 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.106 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8720, 40.2606, 84.3565)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEEB #EBB578

analogous

#78E8EB #78AEEB #7C78EB

triadic

#78AEEB #EB78AE #AEEB78

tetradic

#78AEEB #EB78E8 #EBB578 #78EB7C

square

#78AEEB #EB78E8 #EBB578 #78EB7C

split-complementary

#78AEEB #EB7C78 #E8EB78

monochromatic

#1E6FCB #438EE3 #78AEEB #ADCEF3 #E3EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#78AEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#78AEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEEB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEEB	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aeeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.106 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6f1',
    500: '#78aeeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aeeb;
$custom-light: #a5c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aeeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.826,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73735,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEEB

secondary

#F0E0CF

accent

#790FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEEB

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

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