#78BBD5#78BBD5

#78BBD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.077 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBD5
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -14.47, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 24.45, 233.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0551 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.077 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5220, 44.3351, 69.5182)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBD5 #D59278

analogous

#78D5C0 #78BBD5 #788DD5

triadic

#78BBD5 #D578BB #BBD578

tetradic

#78BBD5 #C078D5 #D59278 #8DD578

square

#78BBD5 #C078D5 #D59278 #8DD578

split-complementary

#78BBD5 #D5788D #D5C078

monochromatic

#3282A1 #49A3C6 #78BBD5 #A7D3E4 #D5EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#78BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#78BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBD5

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBD5	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.077 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfe2',
    500: '#78bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbd5;
$custom-light: #a3cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.774,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.07745,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBD5

secondary

#E4CDC5

accent

#5126C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBD5

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

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