#78BBDA#78BBDA

#78BBDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.081 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBDA
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -13.12, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 25.77, 239.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0533 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.081 229)
XYZ	xyz(38.1664, 44.5929, 72.9122)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBDA #DA9778

analogous

#78DAC8 #78BBDA #788ADA

triadic

#78BBDA #DA78BB #BBDA78

tetradic

#78BBDA #C878DA #DA9778 #8ADA78

square

#78BBDA #C878DA #DA9778 #8ADA78

split-complementary

#78BBDA #DA788A #DAC878

monochromatic

#2E82A9 #48A3CD #78BBDA #A8D3E7 #D8EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#78BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#78BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBDA

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBDA	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.081 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe5',
    500: '#78bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbda;
$custom-light: #a4cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.98,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75867,
    "c": 0.08123,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.44596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBDA

secondary

#E7D1C7

accent

#5521C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101315

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBDA

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

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