#78A0CD#78A0CD

#78A0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.080 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A0CD
RGB	rgb(120, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(212, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -2.00, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 27.39, 265.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0248 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.08 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3324, 33.5406, 62.5688)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A0CD #CDA578

analogous

#78CACD #78A0CD #7A78CD

triadic

#78A0CD #CD78A0 #A0CD78

tetradic

#78A0CD #CD78CA #CDA578 #78CD7A

square

#78A0CD #CD78CA #CDA578 #78CD7A

split-complementary

#78A0CD #CD7A78 #CACD78

monochromatic

#376394 #4B81BC #78A0CD #A5BFDE #D1DFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#78A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#78A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A0CD

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A0CD	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.080 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bcdc',
    500: '#78a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a0cd;
$custom-light: #a2bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69366,
    "c": 0.07978,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A0CD

secondary

#DFD1C1

accent

#772CB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A0CD

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

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