#78ACE5#78ACE5

#78ACE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.100 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78ACE5
RGBrgb(120, 172, 229)
HSLhsl(211, 68%, 68%)
HSVhsv(211, 48%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(47.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.86, -1.90, -33.96)
CIE-LCHlch(68.86, 34.02, 266.80°)
OKLaboklab(73.03% -0.0317 -0.0948)
OKLCHoklch(73.03% 0.1 251.5)
XYZxyz(36.6363, 39.1527, 79.7402)
Luminance0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78ACE5 #E5B178
analogous
#78E3E5 #78ACE5 #7A78E5
triadic
#78ACE5 #E578AC #ACE578
tetradic
#78ACE5 #E578E3 #E5B178 #78E57A
square
#78ACE5 #E578E3 #E5B178 #78E57A
split-complementary
#78ACE5 #E57A78 #E3E578
monochromatic
#256EBE #458CDB #78ACE5 #ABCCEF #DFEBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#78ACE5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83
#78ACE5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ACE5
8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78ACE5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78ACE51.002.388.838.83
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8321.001.001.00
##0000008.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95AEE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#88A3E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#48B9C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78ace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.100 251.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c4ed',
    500: '#78ace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78ace5;
$custom-light: #a4c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78ace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.376,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73031,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78ACE5
secondary
#EDDDCC
accent
#7716D0
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F4F8FD
border
#CED1D5
text
#101216
muted
#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ACE5

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#78ACE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva