#78B2BF#78B2BF

#78B2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.063 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2BF
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -15.49, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 19.97, 219.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0526 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.063 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0668, 39.5934, 55.1800)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2BF #BF8578

analogous

#78BFA8 #78B2BF #788EBF

triadic

#78B2BF #BF78B2 #B2BF78

tetradic

#78B2BF #A878BF #BF8578 #8EBF78

square

#78B2BF #A878BF #BF8578 #8EBF78

split-complementary

#78B2BF #BF788E #BFA878

monochromatic

#3D7480 #5099A9 #78B2BF #A2CAD3 #CBE1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#78B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#78B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2BF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2BF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.063 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c9d2',
    500: '#78b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2bf;
$custom-light: #a2c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.986,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72831,
    "c": 0.06294,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2BF

secondary

#D7C1BC

accent

#4D37AF

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2BF

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

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