#78AECB#78AECB

#78AECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.071 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AECB
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -10.23, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 22.75, 243.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.043 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.071 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6576, 38.5748, 62.1605)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AECB #CB9578

analogous

#78CBBE #78AECB #7884CB

triadic

#78AECB #CB78AE #AECB78

tetradic

#78AECB #BE78CB #CB9578 #84CB78

square

#78AECB #BE78CB #CB9578 #84CB78

split-complementary

#78AECB #CB7884 #CBBE78

monochromatic

#387291 #4C93BA #78AECB #A4C9DC #D0E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#78AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#78AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AECB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AECB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.071 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6da',
    500: '#78aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aecb;
$custom-light: #a2c6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.964,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.07066,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AECB

secondary

#DECBC1

accent

#5E2EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AECB

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

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