#78AEC2#78AEC2

#78AEC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.064 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEC2
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -12.61, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 20.23, 231.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0464 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.064 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6161, 38.1582, 56.6751)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEC2 #C28C78

analogous

#78C2B1 #78AEC2 #7889C2

triadic

#78AEC2 #C278AE #AEC278

tetradic

#78AEC2 #B178C2 #C28C78 #89C278

square

#78AEC2 #B178C2 #C28C78 #89C278

split-complementary

#78AEC2 #C27889 #C2B178

monochromatic

#3C7084 #4F94AE #78AEC2 #A2C7D5 #CCE1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#78AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#78AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEC2

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEC2	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.064 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6d4',
    500: '#78aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aec2;
$custom-light: #a2c6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 37.755,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72034,
    "c": 0.06359,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEC2

secondary

#D9C5BD

accent

#5635B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEC2

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

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