#78BBD7#78BBD7

#78BBD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.079 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBD7
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 215)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -13.93, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 24.95, 236.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0544 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.079 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7774, 44.4373, 70.8634)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBD7 #D79478

analogous

#78D7C3 #78BBD7 #788BD7

triadic

#78BBD7 #D778BB #BBD778

tetradic

#78BBD7 #C378D7 #D79478 #8BD778

square

#78BBD7 #C378D7 #D79478 #8BD778

split-complementary

#78BBD7 #D7788B #D7C378

monochromatic

#3182A4 #49A3C9 #78BBD7 #A7D3E5 #D6EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#78BBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#78BBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBD7

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBD7	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EC3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.079 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3cfe3',
    500: '#78bbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbd7;
$custom-light: #a3cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.684,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75751,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBD7

secondary

#E5CFC6

accent

#5224C2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBD7

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

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