#78AACE#78AACE

#78AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.075 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78AACE
RGBrgb(120, 170, 206)
HSLhsl(205, 47%, 64%)
HSVhsv(205, 42%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(41.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.42, -7.26, -23.53)
CIE-LCHlch(67.42, 24.62, 252.86°)
OKLaboklab(71.61% -0.037 -0.0651)
OKLCHoklch(71.61% 0.075 240.4)
XYZxyz(33.2573, 37.1967, 63.8078)
Luminance0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78AACE #CE9C78
analogous
#78CEC7 #78AACE #787FCE
triadic
#78AACE #CE78AA #AACE78
tetradic
#78AACE #C778CE #CE9C78 #7FCE78
square
#78AACE #C778CE #CE9C78 #7FCE78
split-complementary
#78AACE #CE787F #CEC778
monochromatic
#366E95 #4B8EBE #78AACE #A5C6DE #D2E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#78AACE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44
#78AACE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AACE
8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78AACE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78AACE1.002.498.448.44
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4421.001.001.00
##0000008.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AA9D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FA0CD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#57B3B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.075 240.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c3dd',
    500: '#78aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78aace;
$custom-light: #a2c3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.116,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71607,
    "c": 0.07487,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78AACE
secondary
#E0CEC2
accent
#672CBA
background
#FAFBFD
surface
#F4F7FB
border
#CED0D4
text
#0F1215
muted
#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AACE

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#78AACE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva