#78AFE5#78AFE5

#78AFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.098 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AFE5
RGB	rgb(120, 175, 229)
HSL	hsl(210, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -3.56, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 32.88, 263.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0353 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.098 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2137, 40.3075, 79.9327)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AFE5 #E5AE78

analogous

#78E5E5 #78AFE5 #7878E5

triadic

#78AFE5 #E578AF #AFE578

tetradic

#78AFE5 #E578E5 #E5AE78 #78E578

square

#78AFE5 #E578E5 #E5AE78 #78E578

split-complementary

#78AFE5 #E57878 #E5E578

monochromatic

#2572BE #4591DB #78AFE5 #ABCDEF #DFECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#78AFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#78AFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFE5

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AFE5	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78afe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.098 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6ed',
    500: '#78afe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78afe5;
$custom-light: #a4c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78afe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.725,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73681,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AFE5

secondary

#EDDCCC

accent

#7216D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AFE5

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

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