#78AFE9#78AFE9

#78AFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.103 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AFE9
RGB	rgb(120, 175, 233)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 24.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -2.41, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 34.70, 266.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.034 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.103 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7786, 40.5335, 82.9080)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AFE9 #E9B278

analogous

#78E8E9 #78AFE9 #7A78E9

triadic

#78AFE9 #E978AF #AFE978

tetradic

#78AFE9 #E978E8 #E9B278 #78E97A

square

#78AFE9 #E978E8 #E9B278 #78E97A

split-complementary

#78AFE9 #E97A78 #E8E978

monochromatic

#2071C6 #4390E0 #78AFE9 #ADCEF2 #E1EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#78AFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#78AFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFE9

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AFE9	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78afe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.103 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6f0',
    500: '#78afe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78afe9;
$custom-light: #a5c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78afe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.796,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7386,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AFE9

secondary

#EFDFCE

accent

#7511D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AFE9

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

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