#78B2DD#78B2DD

#78B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.087 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B2DD
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -7.47, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 28.50, 254.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0415 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.087 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7127, 41.0518, 74.3818)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B2DD #DDA378

analogous

#78DDD6 #78B2DD #7880DD

triadic

#78B2DD #DD78B2 #B2DD78

tetradic

#78B2DD #D678DD #DDA378 #80DD78

square

#78B2DD #D678DD #DDA378 #80DD78

split-complementary

#78B2DD #DD7880 #DDD678

monochromatic

#2C77AF #4796D1 #78B2DD #A9CEE9 #DAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#78B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#78B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B2DD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B2DD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CBDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.087 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c9e7',
    500: '#78b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b2dd;
$custom-light: #a4c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.545,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73993,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B2DD

secondary

#E9D6C8

accent

#661EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B2DD

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

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