#78B0CD#78B0CD

#78B0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.072 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B0CD
RGB	rgb(120, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -10.77, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 23.12, 242.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0448 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.072 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2867, 39.4493, 63.5535)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B0CD #CD9578

analogous

#78CDBF #78B0CD #7885CD

triadic

#78B0CD #CD78B0 #B0CD78

tetradic

#78B0CD #BF78CD #CD9578 #85CD78

square

#78B0CD #BF78CD #CD9578 #85CD78

split-complementary

#78B0CD #CD7885 #CDBF78

monochromatic

#377494 #4B96BC #78B0CD #A5CADE #D1E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78B0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#78B0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B0CD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B0CD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.072 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c7dc',
    500: '#78b0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b0cd;
$custom-light: #a2c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.471,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72902,
    "c": 0.07205,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B0CD

secondary

#DFCCC1

accent

#5C2CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B0CD

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

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