#78ACEC#78ACEC

#78ACEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ACEC
RGB	rgb(120, 172, 236)
HSL	hsl(213, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 27.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 0.13, -37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 37.34, 270.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0296 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.109 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6334, 39.5515, 84.9917)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ACEC #ECB878

analogous

#78E6EC #78ACEC #7E78EC

triadic

#78ACEC #EC78AC #ACEC78

tetradic

#78ACEC #EC78E6 #ECB878 #78EC7E

square

#78ACEC #EC78E6 #ECB878 #78EC7E

split-complementary

#78ACEC #EC7E78 #E6EC78

monochromatic

#1D6CCD #428BE4 #78ACEC #AECDF4 #E3EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78ACEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#78ACEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ACEC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ACEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ACEC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78acec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 172, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c4f2',
    500: '#78acec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78acec;
$custom-light: #a5c4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78acec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.103,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73352,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ACEC

secondary

#F0E2D0

accent

#7D0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ACEC

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

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