#78BBEC#78BBEC

#78BBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.098 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BBEC
RGB	rgb(120, 187, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -8.10, -30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 31.99, 255.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.047 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.098 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6510, 45.5867, 85.9976)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BBEC #ECA978

analogous

#78ECE3 #78BBEC #7881EC

triadic

#78BBEC #EC78BB #BBEC78

tetradic

#78BBEC #E378EC #ECA978 #81EC78

square

#78BBEC #E378EC #ECA978 #81EC78

split-complementary

#78BBEC #EC7881 #ECE378

monochromatic

#1D82CD #42A0E4 #78BBEC #AED6F4 #E3F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#78BBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#78BBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BBEC

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BBEC	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EC7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.098 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cff2',
    500: '#78bbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bbec;
$custom-light: #a5cff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.345,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76601,
    "c": 0.09815,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BBEC

secondary

#F0DDD0

accent

#630ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BBEC

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

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