#78ABC7#78ABC7

#78ABC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.068 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABC7
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(201, 41%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -9.68, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 21.87, 243.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0407 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.068 233)
XYZ	xyz(32.6140, 37.2404, 59.4913)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABC7 #C79478

analogous

#78C7BC #78ABC7 #7883C7

triadic

#78ABC7 #C778AB #ABC778

tetradic

#78ABC7 #BC78C7 #C79478 #83C778

square

#78ABC7 #BC78C7 #C79478 #83C778

split-complementary

#78ABC7 #C77883 #C7BC78

monochromatic

#3A6E8B #4D90B5 #78ABC7 #A3C6D9 #CFE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#78ABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#78ABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABC7

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABC7	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.068 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4d8',
    500: '#78abc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abc7;
$custom-light: #a2c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.266,
    "s": 41.361,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71551,
    "c": 0.0677,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.37242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABC7

secondary

#DCC9BF

accent

#6031B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABC7

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

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