#78BBCE#78BBCE

#78BBCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.073 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBCE
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -16.32, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 23.03, 224.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0578 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.073 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6526, 43.9874, 64.9396)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBCE #CE8B78

analogous

#78CEB6 #78BBCE #7890CE

triadic

#78BBCE #CE78BB #BBCE78

tetradic

#78BBCE #B678CE #CE8B78 #90CE78

square

#78BBCE #B678CE #CE8B78 #90CE78

split-complementary

#78BBCE #CE7890 #CEB678

monochromatic

#368095 #4BA4BE #78BBCE #A5D2DE #D2E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#78BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#78BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBCE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBCE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.073 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfdd',
    500: '#78bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbce;
$custom-light: #a3cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.256,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75413,
    "c": 0.07308,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBCE

secondary

#E0C8C2

accent

#4B2CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBCE

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

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