#78BBCD#78BBCD

#78BBCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.073 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBCD
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -16.58, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 22.87, 223.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0582 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.073 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5316, 43.9390, 64.3018)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBCD #CD8A78

analogous

#78CDB4 #78BBCD #7890CD

triadic

#78BBCD #CD78BB #BBCD78

tetradic

#78BBCD #B478CD #CD8A78 #90CD78

square

#78BBCD #B478CD #CD8A78 #90CD78

split-complementary

#78BBCD #CD7890 #CDB478

monochromatic

#378094 #4BA5BC #78BBCD #A5D1DE #D1E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#78BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#78BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBCD

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBCD	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.073 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfdc',
    500: '#78bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbcd;
$custom-light: #a3cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.706,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75377,
    "c": 0.07255,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBCD

secondary

#DFC8C1

accent

#4A2CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBCD

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

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