#78BBDF#78BBDF

#78BBDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.085 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBDF
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -11.75, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 27.29, 244.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0515 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.085 233)
XYZ	xyz(38.8306, 44.8586, 76.4101)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBDF #DF9C78

analogous

#78DFD0 #78BBDF #7887DF

triadic

#78BBDF #DF78BB #BBDF78

tetradic

#78BBDF #D078DF #DF9C78 #87DF78

square

#78BBDF #D078DF #DF9C78 #87DF78

split-complementary

#78BBDF #DF7887 #DFD078

monochromatic

#2A83B2 #47A2D3 #78BBDF #A9D4EB #DBEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#78BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBDF

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBDF	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.085 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cfe9',
    500: '#78bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbdf;
$custom-light: #a4cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.971,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76065,
    "c": 0.08547,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.44861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBDF

secondary

#EAD5C9

accent

#591CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBDF

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

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