#78AFCE#78AFCE

#78AFCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.073 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78AFCE
RGBrgb(120, 175, 206)
HSLhsl(202, 47%, 64%)
HSVhsv(202, 42%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(41.7%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.83, -9.97, -21.39)
CIE-LCHlch(68.83, 23.60, 245.01°)
OKLaboklab(72.72% -0.0432 -0.0591)
OKLCHoklch(72.72% 0.073 233.8)
XYZxyz(34.2125, 39.1070, 64.1262)
Luminance0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78AFCE #CE9778
analogous
#78CEC2 #78AFCE #7884CE
triadic
#78AFCE #CE78AF #AFCE78
tetradic
#78AFCE #C278CE #CE9778 #84CE78
square
#78AFCE #C278CE #CE9778 #84CE78
split-complementary
#78AFCE #CE7884 #CEC278
monochromatic
#367395 #4B94BE #78AFCE #A5CADE #D2E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

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

On black

8.82
#78AFCE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFCE
8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78AFCE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78AFCE1.002.388.828.82
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8221.001.001.00
##0000008.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0ADD0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94A4CE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#56B7B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78afce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.073 233.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c6dd',
    500: '#78afce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78afce;
$custom-light: #a2c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78afce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.628,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72718,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78AFCE
secondary
#E0CDC2
accent
#5F2CBA
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F8FB
border
#CED1D4
text
#0F1315
muted
#7F8283

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