#78BBDD#78BBDD

#78BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.084 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBDD
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -12.30, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 26.66, 242.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0522 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.084 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5626, 44.7514, 74.9984)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBDD #DD9A78

analogous

#78DDCD #78BBDD #7889DD

triadic

#78BBDD #DD78BB #BBDD78

tetradic

#78BBDD #CD78DD #DD9A78 #89DD78

square

#78BBDD #CD78DD #DD9A78 #89DD78

split-complementary

#78BBDD #DD7889 #DDCD78

monochromatic

#2C83AF #47A2D1 #78BBDD #A9D4E9 #DAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#78BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBDD

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBDD	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AC4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.084 231.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.198,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75985,
    "c": 0.08372,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBDD

secondary

#E9D3C8

accent

#571EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBDD

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

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