#78A0AD#78A0AD

#78A0AD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.048 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A0AD
RGB	rgb(120, 160, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 24%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 31%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 7.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -10.41, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 15.25, 226.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0365 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.048 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8570, 32.1505, 44.2649)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A0AD #AD8578

analogous

#78ADA0 #78A0AD #7886AD

triadic

#78A0AD #AD78A0 #A0AD78

tetradic

#78A0AD #A078AD #AD8578 #86AD78

square

#78A0AD #A078AD #AD8578 #86AD78

split-complementary

#78A0AD #AD7886 #ADA078

monochromatic

#40606A #588290 #78A0AD #9EBBC4 #C4D6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#78A0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#78A0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A0AD

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A0AD	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 160, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.048 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bcc5',
    500: '#78a0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a0ad;
$custom-light: #a0bcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 24.424,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68101,
    "c": 0.04753,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A0AD

secondary

#CBBBB6

accent

#7D67C1

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F3F6F8

border

#CDD0D1

text

#0F1212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A0AD

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

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