#78AFE3#78AFE3

#78AFE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.095 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AFE3
RGB	rgb(120, 175, 227)
HSL	hsl(209, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -4.13, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 31.98, 262.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0359 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.095 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9361, 40.1965, 78.4705)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AFE3 #E3AC78

analogous

#78E3E1 #78AFE3 #7879E3

triadic

#78AFE3 #E378AF #AFE378

tetradic

#78AFE3 #E178E3 #E3AC78 #79E378

square

#78AFE3 #E178E3 #E3AC78 #79E378

split-complementary

#78AFE3 #E37879 #E3E178

monochromatic

#2772BA #4591D8 #78AFE3 #ABCDEE #DDEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#78AFE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#78AFE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFE3

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AFE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AFE3	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78afe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.095 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6ec',
    500: '#78afe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78afe3;
$custom-light: #a4c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78afe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.159,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AFE3

secondary

#ECDBCB

accent

#7018CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AFE3

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

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