#78AFE2#78AFE2

#78AFE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.094 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AFE2
RGB	rgb(120, 175, 226)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -4.42, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 31.54, 261.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0363 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.094 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7984, 40.1414, 77.7457)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AFE2 #E2AB78

analogous

#78E2E0 #78AFE2 #787AE2

triadic

#78AFE2 #E278AF #AFE278

tetradic

#78AFE2 #E078E2 #E2AB78 #7AE278

square

#78AFE2 #E078E2 #E2AB78 #7AE278

split-complementary

#78AFE2 #E2787A #E2E078

monochromatic

#2873B8 #4691D7 #78AFE2 #AACDED #DDEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#78AFE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#78AFE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFE2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AFE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AFE2	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78afe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.094 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6eb',
    500: '#78afe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78afe2;
$custom-light: #a4c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78afe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.868,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73549,
    "c": 0.09424,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AFE2

secondary

#EBDACB

accent

#6F19CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AFE2

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

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