#78AFCD#78AFCD

#78AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.072 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78AFCD
RGBrgb(120, 175, 205)
HSLhsl(201, 46%, 64%)
HSVhsv(201, 41%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(41.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.79, -10.24, -20.89)
CIE-LCHlch(68.79, 23.26, 243.90°)
OKLaboklab(72.68% -0.0435 -0.0577)
OKLCHoklch(72.68% 0.072 233)
XYZxyz(34.0914, 39.0586, 63.4884)
Luminance0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78AFCD #CD9678
analogous
#78CDC0 #78AFCD #7884CD
triadic
#78AFCD #CD78AF #AFCD78
tetradic
#78AFCD #C078CD #CD9678 #84CD78
square
#78AFCD #C078CD #CD9678 #84CD78
split-complementary
#78AFCD #CD7884 #CDC078
monochromatic
#377394 #4B95BC #78AFCD #A5C9DE #D1E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#78AFCD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81
#78AFCD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFCD
8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78AFCD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78AFCD1.002.388.818.81
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8121.001.001.00
##0000008.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1ADCF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95A4CD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#56B7B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.072 233.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6dc',
    500: '#78afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78afcd;
$custom-light: #a2c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.07224,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.39061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78AFCD
secondary
#DFCCC1
accent
#5E2CB9
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F8FB
border
#CED1D4
text
#0F1315
muted
#7F8283

Preview Lab

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#78AFCD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva