#78AFEA#78AFEA

#78AFEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AFEA
RGB	rgb(120, 175, 234)
HSL	hsl(211, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 25.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -2.12, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 35.16, 266.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0337 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.104 251)
XYZ	xyz(37.9219, 40.5908, 83.6624)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AFEA #EAB378

analogous

#78E8EA #78AFEA #7A78EA

triadic

#78AFEA #EA78AF #AFEA78

tetradic

#78AFEA #EA78E8 #EAB378 #78EA7A

square

#78AFEA #EA78E8 #EAB378 #78EA7A

split-complementary

#78AFEA #EA7A78 #E8EA78

monochromatic

#1F71C8 #4390E2 #78AFEA #ADCEF2 #E2EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#78AFEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#78AFEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFEA

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AFEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AFEA	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78afea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6f1',
    500: '#78afea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78afea;
$custom-light: #a5c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78afea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.053,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73905,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.40594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AFEA

secondary

#EFDFCE

accent

#7610D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AFEA

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

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