#78BCDD#78BCDD

#78BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.084 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCDD
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -12.83, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 26.53, 241.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0534 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.084 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7754, 45.1771, 75.0694)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCDD #DD9978

analogous

#78DDCC #78BCDD #788ADD

triadic

#78BCDD #DD78BC #BCDD78

tetradic

#78BCDD #CC78DD #DD9978 #8ADD78

square

#78BCDD #CC78DD #DD9978 #8ADD78

split-complementary

#78BCDD #DD788A #DDCC78

monochromatic

#2C84AF #47A4D1 #78BCDD #A9D4E9 #DAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#78BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#78BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCDD

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCDD	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AC5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.084 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e7',
    500: '#78bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcdd;
$custom-light: #a4d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.604,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76208,
    "c": 0.08352,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCDD

secondary

#E9D3C8

accent

#551EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCDD

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

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