#78B0CE#78B0CE

#78B0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.073 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B0CE
RGB	rgb(120, 176, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -10.51, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 23.44, 243.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0444 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.073 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4078, 39.4977, 64.1913)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B0CE #CE9678

analogous

#78CEC1 #78B0CE #7885CE

triadic

#78B0CE #CE78B0 #B0CE78

tetradic

#78B0CE #C178CE #CE9678 #85CE78

square

#78B0CE #C178CE #CE9678 #85CE78

split-complementary

#78B0CE #CE7885 #CEC178

monochromatic

#367495 #4B96BE #78B0CE #A5CADE #D2E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78B0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#78B0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B0CE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B0CE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 176, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.073 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c7dd',
    500: '#78b0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b0ce;
$custom-light: #a3c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72942,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B0CE

secondary

#E0CCC2

accent

#5D2CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B0CE

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

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