#78B2CD#78B2CD

#78B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.072 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2CD
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -11.84, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 22.90, 238.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0472 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.072 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6817, 40.2394, 63.6852)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2CD #CD9378

analogous

#78CDBD #78B2CD #7887CD

triadic

#78B2CD #CD78B2 #B2CD78

tetradic

#78B2CD #BD78CD #CD9378 #87CD78

square

#78B2CD #BD78CD #CD9378 #87CD78

split-complementary

#78B2CD #CD7887 #CDBD78

monochromatic

#377694 #4B99BC #78B2CD #A5CBDE #D1E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#78B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#78B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2CD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2CD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.072 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9dc',
    500: '#78b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2cd;
$custom-light: #a3c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.059,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7335,
    "c": 0.07177,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2CD

secondary

#DFCBC1

accent

#592CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2CD

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

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