#78AFE6#78AFE6

#78AFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.099 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AFE6
RGB	rgb(120, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(210, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(210, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -3.27, -33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 33.33, 264.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.035 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.099 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3537, 40.3635, 80.6701)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AFE6 #E6AF78

analogous

#78E6E6 #78AFE6 #7878E6

triadic

#78AFE6 #E678AF #AFE678

tetradic

#78AFE6 #E678E6 #E6AF78 #78E678

square

#78AFE6 #E678E6 #E6AF78 #78E678

split-complementary

#78AFE6 #E67878 #E6E678

monochromatic

#2472C0 #4490DC #78AFE6 #ACCEF0 #DFECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#78AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#78AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFE6

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AFE6	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.099 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c6ee',
    500: '#78afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78afe6;
$custom-light: #a4c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73725,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AFE6

secondary

#EDDDCC

accent

#7315D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AFE6

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

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