#78BBDC#78BBDC

#78BBDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.083 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBDC
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -12.57, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 26.35, 241.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0525 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.083 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4297, 44.6982, 74.2988)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBDC #DC9978

analogous

#78DCCB #78BBDC #7889DC

triadic

#78BBDC #DC78BB #BBDC78

tetradic

#78BBDC #CB78DC #DC9978 #89DC78

square

#78BBDC #CB78DC #DC9978 #89DC78

split-complementary

#78BBDC #DC7889 #DCCB78

monochromatic

#2D83AD #47A3CF #78BBDC #A9D3E9 #D9ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#78BBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBDC

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBDC	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.083 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe7',
    500: '#78bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbdc;
$custom-light: #a4cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75946,
    "c": 0.08286,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBDC

secondary

#E8D2C8

accent

#561FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBDC

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

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