#78BCD4#78BCD4

#78BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.077 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCD4
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -15.26, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 24.21, 230.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0567 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.077 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6084, 44.7103, 68.9228)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCD4 #D49078

analogous

#78D4BE #78BCD4 #788ED4

triadic

#78BCD4 #D478BC #BCD478

tetradic

#78BCD4 #BE78D4 #D49078 #8ED478

square

#78BCD4 #BE78D4 #D49078 #8ED478

split-complementary

#78BCD4 #D4788E #D4BE78

monochromatic

#33839F #4AA5C5 #78BCD4 #A6D3E3 #D5EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#78BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCD4

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCD4	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.077 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0e1',
    500: '#78bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcd4;
$custom-light: #a3d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75861,
    "c": 0.07681,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCD4

secondary

#E3CCC4

accent

#4E26BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCD4

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

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