#78A8BD#78A8BD

#78A8BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.060 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A8BD
RGB	rgb(120, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -10.68, -15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 19.13, 236.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0407 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.06 227)
XYZ	xyz(30.9306, 35.6707, 53.3896)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78A8BD #BD8D78

analogous

#78BDAF #78A8BD #7885BD

triadic

#78A8BD #BD78A8 #A8BD78

tetradic

#78A8BD #AF78BD #BD8D78 #85BD78

square

#78A8BD #AF78BD #BD8D78 #85BD78

split-complementary

#78A8BD #BD7885 #BDAF78

monochromatic

#3D6A7D #518DA6 #78A8BD #A1C2D1 #CADDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#78A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#78A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A8BD

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A8BD	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FAEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.060 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c1d0',
    500: '#78a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a8bd;
$custom-light: #a1c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70495,
    "c": 0.05964,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.35672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A8BD

secondary

#D6C3BB

accent

#5C38AD

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A8BD

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

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