#78ACEB#78ACEB

#78ACEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.107 H 253.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ACEB
RGB	rgb(120, 172, 235)
HSL	hsl(213, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -0.16, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 36.86, 269.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0299 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.107 253.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4885, 39.4936, 84.2287)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ACEB #EBB778

analogous

#78E5EB #78ACEB #7E78EB

triadic

#78ACEB #EB78AC #ACEB78

tetradic

#78ACEB #EB78E5 #EBB778 #78EB7E

square

#78ACEB #EB78E5 #EBB778 #78EB7E

split-complementary

#78ACEB #EB7E78 #E5EB78

monochromatic

#1E6CCB #438BE3 #78ACEB #ADCDF3 #E3EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78ACEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#78ACEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ACEB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ACEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ACEB	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 172, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.107 253.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.87,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73305,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 253.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ACEB

secondary

#F0E1CF

accent

#7C0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ACEB

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

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