#78BBCB#78BBCB

#78BBCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.072 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBCB
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -17.10, -14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 22.59, 220.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.059 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.072 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2917, 43.8430, 63.0385)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBCB #CB8878

analogous

#78CBB1 #78BBCB #7891CB

triadic

#78BBCB #CB78BB #BBCB78

tetradic

#78BBCB #B178CB #CB8878 #91CB78

square

#78BBCB #B178CB #CB8878 #91CB78

split-complementary

#78BBCB #CB7891 #CBB178

monochromatic

#388091 #4CA5BA #78BBCB #A4D1DC #D0E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#78BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#78BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBCB

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBCB	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.072 214.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.566,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75304,
    "c": 0.07157,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBCB

secondary

#DEC6C1

accent

#482EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBCB

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

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