#78B1CE#78B1CE

#78B1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.073 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B1CE
RGB	rgb(120, 177, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -11.04, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 23.31, 241.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0456 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.073 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6046, 39.8913, 64.2569)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B1CE #CE9578

analogous

#78CEC0 #78B1CE #7886CE

triadic

#78B1CE #CE78B1 #B1CE78

tetradic

#78B1CE #C078CE #CE9578 #86CE78

square

#78B1CE #C078CE #CE9578 #86CE78

split-complementary

#78B1CE #CE7886 #CEC078

monochromatic

#367595 #4B97BE #78B1CE #A5CBDE #D2E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#78B1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#78B1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B1CE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B1CE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 177, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.073 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8dd',
    500: '#78b1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b1ce;
$custom-light: #a3c8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.233,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73165,
    "c": 0.07274,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B1CE

secondary

#E0CCC2

accent

#5C2CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B1CE

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

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