#78AEF0#78AEF0

#78AEF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.112 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEF0
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 240)
HSL	hsl(213, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 27.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 0.19, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 38.41, 270.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0308 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.112 254)
XYZ	xyz(38.6046, 40.5536, 88.2145)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEF0 #F0BA78

analogous

#78EAF0 #78AEF0 #7E78F0

triadic

#78AEF0 #F078AE #AEF078

tetradic

#78AEF0 #F078EA #F0BA78 #78F07E

square

#78AEF0 #F078EA #F0BA78 #78F07E

split-complementary

#78AEF0 #F07E78 #EAF078

monochromatic

#186DD6 #418DEA #78AEF0 #AFCFF6 #E3EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#78AEF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#78AEF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEF0

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEF0	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EBDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aef0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.112 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5f5',
    500: '#78aef0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aef0;
$custom-light: #a5c5f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aef0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73966,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.40556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEF0

secondary

#F2E4D2

accent

#7D09DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEF0

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

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