#78AEF6#78AEF6

#78AEF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.119 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEF6
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 246)
HSL	hsl(214, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 29.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 1.97, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 41.32, 272.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.029 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.119 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5106, 40.9160, 92.9864)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEF6 #F6C078

analogous

#78EDF6 #78AEF6 #8178F6

triadic

#78AEF6 #F678AE #AEF678

tetradic

#78AEF6 #F678ED #F6C078 #78F681

square

#78AEF6 #F678ED #F6C078 #78F681

split-complementary

#78AEF6 #F68178 #EDF678

monochromatic

#0F6BE4 #3F8CF2 #78AEF6 #B1D0FA #E2EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#78AEF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#78AEF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEF6

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEF6	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B2F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A6F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37BEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.119 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c5f9',
    500: '#78aef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aef6;
$custom-light: #a6c5f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74249,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEF6

secondary

#F5E7D5

accent

#8301E4

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEF6

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

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