#78A5CC#78A5CC

#78A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.075 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A5CC
RGB	rgb(120, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(208, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -5.05, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 25.19, 258.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0314 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.075 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0963, 35.2610, 62.2298)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A5CC #CC9F78

analogous

#78CCC9 #78A5CC #787BCC

triadic

#78A5CC #CC78A5 #A5CC78

tetradic

#78A5CC #C978CC #CC9F78 #7BCC78

square

#78A5CC #C978CC #CC9F78 #7BCC78

split-complementary

#78A5CC #CC787B #CCC978

monochromatic

#376892 #4C87BB #78A5CC #A4C3DD #D1E0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#78A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#78A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A5CC

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A5CC	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.075 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2bfdb',
    500: '#78a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a5cc;
$custom-light: #a2bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.857,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7042,
    "c": 0.07522,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A5CC

secondary

#DFCFC1

accent

#6E2DB8

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A5CC

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

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