#78ACEA#78ACEA

#78ACEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.106 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ACEA
RGB	rgb(120, 172, 234)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -0.45, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 36.38, 269.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0302 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.106 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3445, 39.4360, 83.4700)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ACEA #EAB678

analogous

#78E5EA #78ACEA #7D78EA

triadic

#78ACEA #EA78AC #ACEA78

tetradic

#78ACEA #EA78E5 #EAB678 #78EA7D

square

#78ACEA #EA78E5 #EAB678 #78EA7D

split-complementary

#78ACEA #EA7D78 #E5EA78

monochromatic

#1F6CC8 #438BE2 #78ACEA #ADCDF2 #E2EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78ACEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#78ACEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ACEA

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ACEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ACEA	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78acea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 172, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.106 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c4f1',
    500: '#78acea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78acea;
$custom-light: #a5c4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78acea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.632,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73259,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ACEA

secondary

#EFE0CE

accent

#7B10D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ACEA

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

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