#78AECE#78AECE

#78AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.073 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AECE
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -9.43, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 23.77, 246.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0419 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.073 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0185, 38.7192, 64.0615)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AECE #CE9878

analogous

#78CEC3 #78AECE #7883CE

triadic

#78AECE #CE78AE #AECE78

tetradic

#78AECE #C378CE #CE9878 #83CE78

square

#78AECE #C378CE #CE9878 #83CE78

split-complementary

#78AECE #CE7883 #CEC378

monochromatic

#367295 #4B93BE #78AECE #A5C9DE #D2E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#78AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#78AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AECE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AECE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.073 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6dd',
    500: '#78aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aece;
$custom-light: #a2c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.07341,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AECE

secondary

#E0CDC2

accent

#612CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AECE

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

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