#78BBD8#78BBD8

#78BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.080 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBD8
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -13.66, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 25.21, 237.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.054 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.08 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9063, 44.4889, 71.5422)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBD8 #D89578

analogous

#78D8C5 #78BBD8 #788BD8

triadic

#78BBD8 #D878BB #BBD878

tetradic

#78BBD8 #C578D8 #D89578 #8BD878

square

#78BBD8 #C578D8 #D89578 #8BD878

split-complementary

#78BBD8 #D8788B #D8C578

monochromatic

#3082A6 #49A3CA #78BBD8 #A7D3E6 #D7EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#78BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#78BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBD8

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBD8	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.080 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe4',
    500: '#78bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbd8;
$custom-light: #a4cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.125,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7579,
    "c": 0.07966,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBD8

secondary

#E6D0C6

accent

#5323C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBD8

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

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