#78BCDE#78BCDE

#78BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.084 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCDE
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -12.55, -23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 26.83, 242.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.053 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.084 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9091, 45.2306, 75.7731)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCDE #DE9A78

analogous

#78DECD #78BCDE #7889DE

triadic

#78BCDE #DE78BC #BCDE78

tetradic

#78BCDE #CD78DE #DE9A78 #89DE78

square

#78BCDE #CD78DE #DE9A78 #89DE78

split-complementary

#78BCDE #DE7889 #DECD78

monochromatic

#2B84B0 #47A4D2 #78BCDE #A9D4EA #DAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#78BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#78BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCDE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCDE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.084 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e8',
    500: '#78bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcde;
$custom-light: #a4d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76247,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCDE

secondary

#E9D4C9

accent

#561DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCDE

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

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