#78A2BD#78A2BD

#78A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.061 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A2BD
RGB	rgb(120, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -7.42, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 19.88, 248.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.033 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.061 237)
XYZ	xyz(29.8484, 33.5062, 53.0288)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78A2BD #BD9378

analogous

#78BDB5 #78A2BD #787FBD

triadic

#78A2BD #BD78A2 #A2BD78

tetradic

#78A2BD #B578BD #BD9378 #7FBD78

square

#78A2BD #B578BD #BD9378 #7FBD78

split-complementary

#78A2BD #BD787F #BDB578

monochromatic

#3D647D #5185A6 #78A2BD #A1BED1 #CADBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#78A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#78A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A2BD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A2BD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.061 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bdd1',
    500: '#78a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a2bd;
$custom-light: #a1bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6915,
    "c": 0.06052,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.33508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A2BD

secondary

#D6C6BB

accent

#6638AD

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A2BD

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