#78ABC8#78ABC8

#78ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.069 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABC8
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -9.42, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 22.21, 244.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0404 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.069 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7304, 37.2870, 60.1048)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABC8 #C89578

analogous

#78C8BD #78ABC8 #7883C8

triadic

#78ABC8 #C878AB #ABC878

tetradic

#78ABC8 #BD78C8 #C89578 #83C878

square

#78ABC8 #BD78C8 #C89578 #83C878

split-complementary

#78ABC8 #C87883 #C8BD78

monochromatic

#396E8C #4D90B6 #78ABC8 #A3C6DA #CFE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#78ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#78ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABC8

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABC8	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AB3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.069 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4d8',
    500: '#78abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abc8;
$custom-light: #a2c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7159,
    "c": 0.06861,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABC8

secondary

#DCCABF

accent

#6030B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABC8

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

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