#78BBD2#78BBD2

#78BBD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.075 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBD2
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 43%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -15.27, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 23.78, 230.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0563 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.075 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1448, 44.1842, 67.5313)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBD2 #D28F78

analogous

#78D2BC #78BBD2 #788ED2

triadic

#78BBD2 #D278BB #BBD278

tetradic

#78BBD2 #BC78D2 #D28F78 #8ED278

square

#78BBD2 #BC78D2 #D28F78 #8ED278

split-complementary

#78BBD2 #D2788E #D2BC78

monochromatic

#34819C #4AA4C3 #78BBD2 #A6D2E1 #D4E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#78BBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#78BBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBD2

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBD2	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.075 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfdf',
    500: '#78bbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbd2;
$custom-light: #a3cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75561,
    "c": 0.07543,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBD2

secondary

#E2CBC3

accent

#4E28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBD2

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

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