#78AEF9#78AEF9

#78AEF9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEF9
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(215, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(215, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 2.86, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 42.79, 273.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0282 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.123 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9748, 41.1017, 95.4311)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEF9 #F9C378

analogous

#78EEF9 #78AEF9 #8378F9

triadic

#78AEF9 #F978AE #AEF978

tetradic

#78AEF9 #F978EE #F9C378 #78F983

square

#78AEF9 #F978EE #F9C378 #78F983

split-complementary

#78AEF9 #F98378 #EEF978

monochromatic

#0A69EC #3D8BF6 #78AEF9 #B3D1FC #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#78AEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#78AEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEF9

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEF9	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B3FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c5fb',
    500: '#78aef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aef9;
$custom-light: #a6c5fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.884,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74394,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEF9

secondary

#F6E8D5

accent

#8500E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEF9

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

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