#78ACED#78ACED

#78ACED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.110 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ACED
RGB	rgb(120, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(213, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(213, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 0.43, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 37.82, 270.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0293 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.11 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7791, 39.6098, 85.7590)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78ACED #EDB978

analogous

#78E7ED #78ACED #7E78ED

triadic

#78ACED #ED78AC #ACED78

tetradic

#78ACED #ED78E7 #EDB978 #78ED7E

square

#78ACED #ED78E7 #EDB978 #78ED7E

split-complementary

#78ACED #ED7E78 #E7ED78

monochromatic

#1C6BCF #428BE6 #78ACED #AECDF4 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#78ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#78ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ACED

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ACED	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.110 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c4f3',
    500: '#78aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aced;
$custom-light: #a5c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73398,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ACED

secondary

#F1E2D0

accent

#7E0DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ACED

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

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