#78BBDB#78BBDB

#78BBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.082 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBDB
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -12.84, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 26.05, 240.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0529 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.082 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2977, 44.6454, 73.6034)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBDB #DB9878

analogous

#78DBCA #78BBDB #788ADB

triadic

#78BBDB #DB78BB #BBDB78

tetradic

#78BBDB #CA78DB #DB9878 #8ADB78

square

#78BBDB #CA78DB #DB9878 #8ADB78

split-complementary

#78BBDB #DB788A #DBCA78

monochromatic

#2E82AB #48A3CE #78BBDB #A8D3E8 #D9ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#78BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBDB

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBDB	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.082 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe6',
    500: '#78bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbdb;
$custom-light: #a4cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.394,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75906,
    "c": 0.08203,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBDB

secondary

#E7D2C7

accent

#5520C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBDB

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

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