#78AEEC#78AEEC

#78AEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEEC
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(212, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -0.98, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 36.50, 268.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0319 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.107 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0169, 40.3186, 85.1196)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEEC #ECB678

analogous

#78E8EC #78AEEC #7C78EC

triadic

#78AEEC #EC78AE #AEEC78

tetradic

#78AEEC #EC78E8 #ECB678 #78EC7C

square

#78AEEC #EC78E8 #ECB678 #78EC7C

split-complementary

#78AEEC #EC7C78 #E8EC78

monochromatic

#1D6FCD #428EE4 #78AEEC #AECEF4 #E3EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#78AEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#78AEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEEC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEEC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6f2',
    500: '#78aeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aeec;
$custom-light: #a5c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.069,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73781,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEEC

secondary

#F0E1D0

accent

#7A0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEEC

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

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