#78BCD2#78BCD2

#78BCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.076 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCD2
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 43%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -15.79, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 23.80, 228.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0575 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.076 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3576, 44.6100, 67.6023)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCD2 #D28E78

analogous

#78D2BB #78BCD2 #788FD2

triadic

#78BCD2 #D278BC #BCD278

tetradic

#78BCD2 #BB78D2 #D28E78 #8FD278

square

#78BCD2 #BB78D2 #D28E78 #8FD278

split-complementary

#78BCD2 #D2788F #D2BB78

monochromatic

#34829C #4AA5C3 #78BCD2 #A6D3E1 #D4EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#78BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#78BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCD2

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCD2	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.076 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0df',
    500: '#78bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcd2;
$custom-light: #a3d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75786,
    "c": 0.07555,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCD2

secondary

#E2CBC3

accent

#4D28BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCD2

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

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