#78BCD8#78BCD8

#78BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.080 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCD8
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -14.19, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 25.15, 235.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0552 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.08 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1192, 44.9146, 71.6131)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCD8 #D89478

analogous

#78D8C4 #78BCD8 #788CD8

triadic

#78BCD8 #D878BC #BCD878

tetradic

#78BCD8 #C478D8 #D89478 #8CD878

square

#78BCD8 #C478D8 #D89478 #8CD878

split-complementary

#78BCD8 #D8788C #D8C478

monochromatic

#3083A6 #49A4CA #78BCD8 #A7D4E6 #D7EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#78BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#78BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCD8

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCD8	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DC4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.080 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e4',
    500: '#78bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcd8;
$custom-light: #a4d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76013,
    "c": 0.0796,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCD8

secondary

#E6CFC6

accent

#5123C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCD8

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

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