#78AEF2#78AEF2

#78AEF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.114 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEF2
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 242)
HSL	hsl(213, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(213, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, 0.78, -39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 39.37, 271.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0302 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.114 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9033, 40.6731, 89.7878)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEF2 #F2BC78

analogous

#78EBF2 #78AEF2 #7F78F2

triadic

#78AEF2 #F278AE #AEF278

tetradic

#78AEF2 #F278EB #F2BC78 #78F27F

square

#78AEF2 #F278EB #F2BC78 #78F27F

split-complementary

#78AEF2 #F27F78 #EBF278

monochromatic

#156CDB #408DED #78AEF2 #B0CFF7 #E3EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#78AEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#78AEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEF2

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEF2	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B1F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A6F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CBDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.114 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c5f6',
    500: '#78aef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aef2;
$custom-light: #a5c5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.443,
    "s": 82.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEF2

secondary

#F3E5D3

accent

#7F07DF

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FE

border

#CED1D6

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEF2

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

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