#78ABBD#78ABBD

#78ABBD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.060 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78ABBD
RGB	rgb(120, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -12.30, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 19.08, 229.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0445 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.06 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4909, 36.7912, 53.5763)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78ABBD #BD8A78

analogous

#78BDAC #78ABBD #7888BD

triadic

#78ABBD #BD78AB #ABBD78

tetradic

#78ABBD #AC78BD #BD8A78 #88BD78

square

#78ABBD #AC78BD #BD8A78 #88BD78

split-complementary

#78ABBD #BD7888 #BDAC78

monochromatic

#3D6D7D #5190A6 #78ABBD #A1C5D1 #CADEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#78ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#78ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78ABBD

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78ABBD	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.060 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c4d0',
    500: '#78abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78abbd;
$custom-light: #a1c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71172,
    "c": 0.05988,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78ABBD

secondary

#D6C2BB

accent

#5738AD

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #78ABBD

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

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