#78BCD5#78BCD5

#78BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.077 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCD5
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -14.99, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 24.43, 232.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0563 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.077 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7349, 44.7609, 69.5892)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCD5 #D59178

analogous

#78D5BF #78BCD5 #788DD5

triadic

#78BCD5 #D578BC #BCD578

tetradic

#78BCD5 #BF78D5 #D59178 #8DD578

square

#78BCD5 #BF78D5 #D59178 #8DD578

split-complementary

#78BCD5 #D5788D #D5BF78

monochromatic

#3283A1 #49A5C6 #78BCD5 #A7D3E4 #D5EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#78BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCD5

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCD5	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.077 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d0e2',
    500: '#78bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcd5;
$custom-light: #a3d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.129,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75899,
    "c": 0.07747,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCD5

secondary

#E4CDC5

accent

#4F26C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCD5

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

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