#78B2DB#78B2DB

#78B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.085 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2DB
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -8.03, -26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 27.71, 253.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0422 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.085 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4479, 40.9458, 72.9868)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2DB #DBA178

analogous

#78DBD2 #78B2DB #7881DB

triadic

#78B2DB #DB78B2 #B2DB78

tetradic

#78B2DB #D278DB #DBA178 #81DB78

square

#78B2DB #D278DB #DBA178 #81DB78

split-complementary

#78B2DB #DB7881 #DBD278

monochromatic

#2E77AB #4896CE #78B2DB #A8CEE8 #D9E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#78B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#78B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2DB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2DB	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DBCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.085 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c9e6',
    500: '#78b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2db;
$custom-light: #a3c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.848,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.08481,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2DB

secondary

#E7D5C7

accent

#6520C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2DB

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

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