#78BCDF#78BCDF

#78BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.085 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BCDF
RGB	rgb(120, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(200, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -12.28, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 27.14, 243.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0526 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.085 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0435, 45.2843, 76.4811)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BCDF #DF9B78

analogous

#78DFCE #78BCDF #7889DF

triadic

#78BCDF #DF78BC #BCDF78

tetradic

#78BCDF #CE78DF #DF9B78 #89DF78

square

#78BCDF #CE78DF #DF9B78 #89DF78

split-complementary

#78BCDF #DF7889 #DFCE78

monochromatic

#2A84B2 #47A3D3 #78BCDF #A9D5EB #DBEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#78BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#78BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BCDF

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BCDF	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.085 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d0e9',
    500: '#78bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bcdf;
$custom-light: #a4d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.388,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76287,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BCDF

secondary

#EAD4C9

accent

#571CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BCDF

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

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