#78AECD#78AECD

#78AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.072 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AECD
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -9.70, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 23.42, 245.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0423 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.072 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8975, 38.6708, 63.4238)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AECD #CD9778

analogous

#78CDC1 #78AECD #7883CD

triadic

#78AECD #CD78AE #AECD78

tetradic

#78AECD #C178CD #CD9778 #83CD78

square

#78AECD #C178CD #CD9778 #83CD78

split-complementary

#78AECD #CD7883 #CDC178

monochromatic

#377294 #4B93BC #78AECD #A5C9DE #D1E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#78AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#78AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AECD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AECD	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.072 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6dc',
    500: '#78aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aecd;
$custom-light: #a2c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.882,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72456,
    "c": 0.07248,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AECD

secondary

#DFCCC1

accent

#602CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AECD

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

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