#78AEEF#78AEEF

#78AEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEEF
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(213, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -0.10, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 37.93, 269.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0311 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.111 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4564, 40.4944, 87.4343)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEEF #EFB978

analogous

#78EAEF #78AEEF #7D78EF

triadic

#78AEEF #EF78AE #AEEF78

tetradic

#78AEEF #EF78EA #EFB978 #78EF7D

square

#78AEEF #EF78EA #EFB978 #78EF7D

split-complementary

#78AEEF #EF7D78 #EAEF78

monochromatic

#196ED4 #418DE9 #78AEEF #AFCFF5 #E4EFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#78AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#78AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEEF

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEEF	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3FBDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5f4',
    500: '#78aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aeef;
$custom-light: #a5c5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.773,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73919,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEEF

secondary

#F2E3D1

accent

#7C0ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEEF

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

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