#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
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -7.26, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 24.62, 252.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.037 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.075 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2573, 37.1967, 63.8078)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##78AACE	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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