#78B7D9#78B7D9

#78B7D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.081 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78B7D9
RGBrgb(120, 183, 217)
HSLhsl(201, 56%, 66%)
HSVhsv(201, 45%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(44.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.46, -11.27, -23.40)
CIE-LCHlch(71.46, 25.97, 244.29°)
OKLaboklab(74.94% -0.0489 -0.0647)
OKLCHoklch(74.94% 0.081 232.9)
XYZxyz(37.1992, 42.8672, 71.9462)
Luminance0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78B7D9 #D99A78
analogous
#78D9CA #78B7D9 #7886D9
triadic
#78B7D9 #D978B7 #B7D978
tetradic
#78B7D9 #CA78D9 #D99A78 #86D978
square
#78B7D9 #CA78D9 #D99A78 #86D978
split-complementary
#78B7D9 #D97886 #D9CA78
monochromatic
#2F7DA7 #489ECC #78B7D9 #A8D0E6 #D8EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#78B7D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57
#78B7D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B7D9
9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78B7D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78B7D91.002.199.579.57
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5721.001.001.00
##0000009.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7B5DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99AAD9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4EC0C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78b7d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 183, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.081 232.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cce4',
    500: '#78b7d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78b7d9;
$custom-light: #a3cce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78b7d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.031,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.08112,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78B7D9
secondary
#E6D2C6
accent
#5B22C4
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F8FB
border
#CED1D4
text
#0F1315
muted
#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B7D9

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#78B7D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva