#78A8BB#78A8BB

#78A8BB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.058 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A8BB
RGB	rgb(120, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -11.20, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 18.61, 232.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0415 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.058 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7150, 35.5844, 52.2541)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A8BB #BB8B78

analogous

#78BBAC #78A8BB #7886BB

triadic

#78A8BB #BB78A8 #A8BB78

tetradic

#78A8BB #AC78BB #BB8B78 #86BB78

square

#78A8BB #AC78BB #BB8B78 #86BB78

split-complementary

#78A8BB #BB7886 #BBAC78

monochromatic

#3E697B #528CA3 #78A8BB #A1C2D0 #C9DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#78A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#78A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A8BB

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A8BB	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.058 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c1cf',
    500: '#78a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a8bb;
$custom-light: #a1c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70421,
    "c": 0.05816,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A8BB

secondary

#D4C2BB

accent

#5A3AAC

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#0F1213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A8BB

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

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