#78ABCD#78ABCD

#78ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.073 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABCD
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -8.07, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 24.00, 250.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0386 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.073 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3244, 37.5246, 63.2328)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABCD #CD9A78

analogous

#78CDC4 #78ABCD #7880CD

triadic

#78ABCD #CD78AB #ABCD78

tetradic

#78ABCD #C478CD #CD9A78 #80CD78

square

#78ABCD #C478CD #CD9A78 #80CD78

split-complementary

#78ABCD #CD7880 #CDC478

monochromatic

#376F94 #4B8FBC #78ABCD #A5C7DE #D1E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#78ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#78ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABCD

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABCD	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.073 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c4dc',
    500: '#78abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abcd;
$custom-light: #a2c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71789,
    "c": 0.07343,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABCD

secondary

#DFCDC1

accent

#652CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABCD

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

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