#78B2D8#78B2D8

#78B2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.082 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2D8
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -8.86, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 26.57, 250.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0432 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.082 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0565, 40.7893, 70.9256)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2D8 #D89E78

analogous

#78D8CE #78B2D8 #7882D8

triadic

#78B2D8 #D878B2 #B2D878

tetradic

#78B2D8 #CE78D8 #D89E78 #82D878

square

#78B2D8 #CE78D8 #D89E78 #82D878

split-complementary

#78B2D8 #D87882 #D8CE78

monochromatic

#3077A6 #4997CA #78B2D8 #A7CDE6 #D7E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#78B2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#78B2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2D8

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2D8	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FBCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.082 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9e4',
    500: '#78b2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2d8;
$custom-light: #a3c9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.75,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73786,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2D8

secondary

#E6D3C6

accent

#6223C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2D8

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

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