#78BBCA#78BBCA

#78BBCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.071 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBCA
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -17.36, -14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 22.47, 219.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0594 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.071 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1729, 43.7955, 62.4129)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBCA #CA8778

analogous

#78CAB0 #78BBCA #7892CA

triadic

#78BBCA #CA78BB #BBCA78

tetradic

#78BBCA #B078CA #CA8778 #92CA78

square

#78BBCA #B078CA #CA8778 #92CA78

split-complementary

#78BBCA #CA7892 #CAB078

monochromatic

#387F8F #4CA5B9 #78BBCA #A4D1DB #D0E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#78BBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#78BBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBCA

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBCA	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.071 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfda',
    500: '#78bbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbca;
$custom-light: #a3cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.976,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75268,
    "c": 0.07113,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBCA

secondary

#DEC6C0

accent

#482FB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBCA

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

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