#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
RGB	rgb(120, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(211, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -1.90, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 34.02, 266.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0317 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.1 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6363, 39.1527, 79.7402)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##78ACE5	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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