#78BCDB#78BCDB

#78BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.082 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCDB
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -13.37, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 25.95, 238.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0541 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.082 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5106, 45.0712, 73.6744)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCDB #DB9778

analogous

#78DBC9 #78BCDB #788BDB

triadic

#78BCDB #DB78BC #BCDB78

tetradic

#78BCDB #C978DB #DB9778 #8BDB78

square

#78BCDB #C978DB #DB9778 #8BDB78

split-complementary

#78BCDB #DB788B #DBC978

monochromatic

#2E84AB #48A4CE #78BCDB #A8D4E8 #D9ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#78BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#78BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCDB

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCDB	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.082 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e6',
    500: '#78bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcdb;
$custom-light: #a4d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.788,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76129,
    "c": 0.0819,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCDB

secondary

#E7D1C7

accent

#5420C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCDB

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

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