#78ACE0#78ACE0

#78ACE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.094 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ACE0
RGB	rgb(120, 172, 224)
HSL	hsl(210, 63%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -3.33, -31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 31.71, 263.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0333 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.094 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9482, 38.8775, 76.1164)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ACE0 #E0AC78

analogous

#78E0E0 #78ACE0 #7878E0

triadic

#78ACE0 #E078AC #ACE078

tetradic

#78ACE0 #E078E0 #E0AC78 #78E078

square

#78ACE0 #E078E0 #E0AC78 #78E078

split-complementary

#78ACE0 #E07878 #E0E078

monochromatic

#296FB4 #468DD5 #78ACE0 #AACBEB #DCE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78ACE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#78ACE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ACE0

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ACE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ACE0	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BB8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ace0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 172, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.094 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c4ea',
    500: '#78ace0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ace0;
$custom-light: #a4c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ace0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 62.651,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72809,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ACE0

secondary

#EADACA

accent

#731BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ACE0

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

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