#78AEF5#78AEF5

#78AEF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.118 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEF5
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 245)
HSL	hsl(214, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 29%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 1.67, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 40.83, 272.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0293 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.118 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3576, 40.8548, 92.1803)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEF5 #F5BF78

analogous

#78EDF5 #78AEF5 #8178F5

triadic

#78AEF5 #F578AE #AEF578

tetradic

#78AEF5 #F578ED #F5BF78 #78F581

square

#78AEF5 #F578ED #F5BF78 #78F581

split-complementary

#78AEF5 #F58178 #EDF578

monochromatic

#116BE2 #3F8CF1 #78AEF5 #B1D0F9 #E3EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#78AEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#78AEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEF5

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEF5	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B2F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A6F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38BEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.118 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c5f8',
    500: '#78aef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aef5;
$custom-light: #a6c5f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.08,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74202,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEF5

secondary

#F4E7D4

accent

#8203E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEF5

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

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