#78BCDA#78BCDA

#78BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.081 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCDA
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -13.64, -21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 25.67, 237.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0545 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.081 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3793, 45.0187, 72.9831)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCDA #DA9678

analogous

#78DAC7 #78BCDA #788BDA

triadic

#78BCDA #DA78BC #BCDA78

tetradic

#78BCDA #C778DA #DA9678 #8BDA78

square

#78BCDA #C778DA #DA9678 #8BDA78

split-complementary

#78BCDA #DA788B #DAC778

monochromatic

#2E84A9 #48A4CD #78BCDA #A8D4E7 #D8ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#78BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#78BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCDA

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCDA	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.081 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e5',
    500: '#78bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcda;
$custom-light: #a4d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76091,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCDA

secondary

#E7D1C7

accent

#5321C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCDA

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

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