#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
RGB	rgb(120, 183, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -11.27, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 25.97, 244.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0489 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.081 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1992, 42.8672, 71.9462)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##78B7D9	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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