#78B7CD#78B7CD

#78B7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.072 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B7CD
RGB	rgb(120, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -14.49, -17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 22.69, 230.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0533 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.072 222)
XYZ	xyz(35.6948, 42.2654, 64.0229)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B7CD #CD8E78

analogous

#78CDB8 #78B7CD #788CCD

triadic

#78B7CD #CD78B7 #B7CD78

tetradic

#78B7CD #B878CD #CD8E78 #8CCD78

square

#78B7CD #B878CD #CD8E78 #8CCD78

split-complementary

#78B7CD #CD788C #CDB878

monochromatic

#377C94 #4B9FBC #78B7CD #A5CFDE #D1E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#78B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#78B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B7CD

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B7CD	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55BEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.072 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ccdc',
    500: '#78b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b7cd;
$custom-light: #a3ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.529,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74473,
    "c": 0.0718,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.42268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B7CD

secondary

#DFC9C1

accent

#512CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B7CD

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

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