#78AEF8#78AEF8

#78AEF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.122 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEF8
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(215, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(215, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 2.56, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 42.30, 273.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0285 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.122 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8192, 41.0395, 94.6118)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEF8 #F8C278

analogous

#78EEF8 #78AEF8 #8278F8

triadic

#78AEF8 #F878AE #AEF878

tetradic

#78AEF8 #F878EE #F8C278 #78F882

square

#78AEF8 #F878EE #F8C278 #78F882

split-complementary

#78AEF8 #F88278 #EEF878

monochromatic

#0C6AE9 #3E8BF5 #78AEF8 #B2D1FB #E2EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#78AEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#78AEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEF8

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEF8	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A6F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35BEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.122 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c5fb',
    500: '#78aef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aef8;
$custom-light: #a6c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.688,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74346,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEF8

secondary

#F6E8D5

accent

#8500E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEF8

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

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