#78AFED#78AFED

#78AFED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.107 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AFED
RGB	rgb(120, 175, 237)
HSL	hsl(212, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -1.25, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 36.57, 268.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0328 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.107 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3565, 40.7646, 85.9515)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78AFED #EDB678

analogous

#78EAED #78AFED #7B78ED

triadic

#78AFED #ED78AF #AFED78

tetradic

#78AFED #ED78EA #EDB678 #78ED7B

square

#78AFED #ED78EA #EDB678 #78ED7B

split-complementary

#78AFED #ED7B78 #EAED78

monochromatic

#1C70CF #428FE6 #78AFED #AECFF4 #E4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#78AFED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#78AFED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFED

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AFED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AFED	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78afed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.107 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c6f3',
    500: '#78afed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78afed;
$custom-light: #a5c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78afed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.795,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74041,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AFED

secondary

#F1E1D0

accent

#790DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AFED

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

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