#78BBCC#78BBCC

#78BBCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.072 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBCC
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -16.84, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 22.72, 222.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0586 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.072 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4112, 43.8908, 63.6681)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBCC #CC8978

analogous

#78CCB3 #78BBCC #7891CC

triadic

#78BBCC #CC78BB #BBCC78

tetradic

#78BBCC #B378CC #CC8978 #91CC78

square

#78BBCC #B378CC #CC8978 #91CC78

split-complementary

#78BBCC #CC7891 #CCB378

monochromatic

#378092 #4CA5BB #78BBCC #A4D1DD #D1E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#78BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#78BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBCC

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBCC	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.072 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfdb',
    500: '#78bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbcc;
$custom-light: #a3cfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.143,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7534,
    "c": 0.07205,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBCC

secondary

#DFC7C1

accent

#492DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBCC

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

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