#78B0CF#78B0CF

#78B0CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.074 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B0CF
RGB	rgb(120, 176, 207)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 15%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -10.24, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 23.77, 244.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.044 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.074 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5297, 39.5465, 64.8331)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B0CF #CF9778

analogous

#78CFC3 #78B0CF #7885CF

triadic

#78B0CF #CF78B0 #B0CF78

tetradic

#78B0CF #C378CF #CF9778 #85CF78

square

#78B0CF #C378CF #CF9778 #85CF78

split-complementary

#78B0CF #CF7885 #CFC378

monochromatic

#367497 #4B96BF #78B0CF #A5CADF #D2E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78B0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#78B0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B0CF

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B0CF	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 176, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.074 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c7dd',
    500: '#78b0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b0cf;
$custom-light: #a3c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.379,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72981,
    "c": 0.07381,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B0CF

secondary

#E1CDC2

accent

#5E2BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B0CF

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

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