#78BCCE#78BCCE

#78BCCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.073 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCCE
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -16.84, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 23.11, 223.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.059 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.073 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8655, 44.4132, 65.0105)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCCE #CE8A78

analogous

#78CEB5 #78BCCE #7891CE

triadic

#78BCCE #CE78BC #BCCE78

tetradic

#78BCCE #B578CE #CE8A78 #91CE78

square

#78BCCE #B578CE #CE8A78 #91CE78

split-complementary

#78BCCE #CE7891 #CEB578

monochromatic

#368195 #4BA6BE #78BCCE #A5D2DE #D2E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#78BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#78BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCCE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCCE	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.073 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0dd',
    500: '#78bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcce;
$custom-light: #a3d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75639,
    "c": 0.07332,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCCE

secondary

#E0C8C2

accent

#492CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCCE

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

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