#78AFF5#78AFF5

#78AFF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AFF5
RGB	rgb(120, 175, 245)
HSL	hsl(214, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 28.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 1.11, -40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 40.39, 271.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0305 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.117 255)
XYZ	xyz(39.5515, 41.2426, 92.2449)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78AFF5 #F5BE78

analogous

#78EEF5 #78AFF5 #8078F5

triadic

#78AFF5 #F578AF #AFF578

tetradic

#78AFF5 #F578EE #F5BE78 #78F580

square

#78AFF5 #F578EE #F5BE78 #78F580

split-complementary

#78AFF5 #F58078 #EEF578

monochromatic

#116DE2 #3F8DF1 #78AFF5 #B1D1F9 #E3EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#78AFF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#78AFF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFF5

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AFF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AFF5	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B3F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A7F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38BFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aff5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c6f8',
    500: '#78aff5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aff5;
$custom-light: #a6c6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aff5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74414,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.41246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AFF5

secondary

#F4E6D4

accent

#8003E3

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AFF5

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

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