#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
RGB	rgb(120, 175, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -9.97, -21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 23.60, 245.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0432 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.073 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2125, 39.1070, 64.1262)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##78AFCE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AFCE

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

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