#78ACDA#78ACDA

#78ACDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.087 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ACDA
RGB	rgb(120, 172, 218)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 21.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -5.03, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 29.04, 260.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0353 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.087 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1488, 38.5577, 71.9063)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ACDA #DAA678

analogous

#78DAD7 #78ACDA #787BDA

triadic

#78ACDA #DA78AC #ACDA78

tetradic

#78ACDA #D778DA #DAA678 #7BDA78

square

#78ACDA #D778DA #DAA678 #7BDA78

split-complementary

#78ACDA #DA787B #DAD778

monochromatic

#2E70A9 #488ECD #78ACDA #A8CAE7 #D8E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#78ACDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#78ACDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ACDA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ACDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ACDA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78acda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 172, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.087 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c4e5',
    500: '#78acda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78acda;
$custom-light: #a3c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78acda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72549,
    "c": 0.08698,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ACDA

secondary

#E7D6C7

accent

#6E21C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1215

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ACDA

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

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