#78AECC#78AECC

#78AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.072 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AECC
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -9.97, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 23.08, 244.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0426 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.072 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7771, 38.6226, 62.7901)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AECC #CC9678

analogous

#78CCC0 #78AECC #7884CC

triadic

#78AECC #CC78AE #AECC78

tetradic

#78AECC #C078CC #CC9678 #84CC78

square

#78AECC #C078CC #CC9678 #84CC78

split-complementary

#78AECC #CC7884 #CCC078

monochromatic

#377292 #4C93BB #78AECC #A4C9DD #D1E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#78AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#78AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AECC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AECC	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.072 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6db',
    500: '#78aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aecc;
$custom-light: #a2c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72417,
    "c": 0.07156,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AECC

secondary

#DFCCC1

accent

#5F2DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AECC

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

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