#78AFF8#78AFF8

#78AFF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.121 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AFF8
RGB	rgb(120, 175, 248)
HSL	hsl(214, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 2.00, -41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 41.85, 272.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0296 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.121 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0131, 41.4273, 94.6765)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AFF8 #F8C178

analogous

#78EFF8 #78AFF8 #8178F8

triadic

#78AFF8 #F878AF #AFF878

tetradic

#78AFF8 #F878EF #F8C178 #78F881

square

#78AFF8 #F878EF #F8C178 #78F881

split-complementary

#78AFF8 #F88178 #EFF878

monochromatic

#0C6BE9 #3E8DF5 #78AFF8 #B2D1FB #E2EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#78AFF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#78AFF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFF8

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AFF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AFF8	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B3FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A7F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.121 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c6fb',
    500: '#78aff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aff8;
$custom-light: #a6c6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.219,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74557,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AFF8

secondary

#F6E8D5

accent

#8300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AFF8

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

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