#78ACE2#78ACE2

#78ACE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.096 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ACE2
RGB	rgb(120, 172, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -2.76, -32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 32.62, 265.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0327 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.096 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2210, 38.9866, 77.5533)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ACE2 #E2AE78

analogous

#78E1E2 #78ACE2 #7978E2

triadic

#78ACE2 #E278AC #ACE278

tetradic

#78ACE2 #E278E1 #E2AE78 #78E279

square

#78ACE2 #E278E1 #E2AE78 #78E279

split-complementary

#78ACE2 #E27978 #E1E278

monochromatic

#286EB8 #468DD7 #78ACE2 #AACBED #DDEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78ACE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#78ACE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ACE2

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ACE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ACE2	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78ace2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 172, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.096 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c4eb',
    500: '#78ace2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78ace2;
$custom-light: #a4c4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78ace2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.566,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72897,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ACE2

secondary

#EBDBCB

accent

#7419CC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ACE2

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

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