#78AEBE#78AEBE

#78AEBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.061 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEBE
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -13.64, -13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 19.40, 225.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.048 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.061 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1729, 37.9809, 54.3410)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEBE #BE8878

analogous

#78BEAB #78AEBE #788BBE

triadic

#78AEBE #BE78AE #AEBE78

tetradic

#78AEBE #AB78BE #BE8878 #8BBE78

square

#78AEBE #AB78BE #BE8878 #8BBE78

split-complementary

#78AEBE #BE788B #BEAB78

monochromatic

#3D707F #5194A8 #78AEBE #A1C7D2 #CBE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#78AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#78AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEBE

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEBE	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.061 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6d1',
    500: '#78aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aebe;
$custom-light: #a2c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71887,
    "c": 0.06111,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEBE

secondary

#D6C2BC

accent

#5338AE

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEBE

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

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