#78AABE#78AABE

#78AABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.060 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AABE
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -11.50, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 19.32, 233.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0429 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.06 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4116, 36.4584, 54.0872)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78AABE #BE8C78

analogous

#78BEAF #78AABE #7887BE

triadic

#78AABE #BE78AA #AABE78

tetradic

#78AABE #AF78BE #BE8C78 #87BE78

square

#78AABE #AF78BE #BE8C78 #87BE78

split-complementary

#78AABE #BE7887 #BEAF78

monochromatic

#3D6C7F #518FA8 #78AABE #A1C4D2 #CBDEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#78AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#78AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AABE

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AABE	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.060 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3d1',
    500: '#78aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aabe;
$custom-light: #a1c3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70983,
    "c": 0.06046,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AABE

secondary

#D6C3BC

accent

#5938AE

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AABE

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

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