#78BDCB#78BDCB

#78BDCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.072 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDCB
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -18.14, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 22.85, 217.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0614 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.072 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7189, 44.6975, 63.1809)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDCB #CB8678

analogous

#78CBAF #78BDCB #7893CB

triadic

#78BDCB #CB78BD #BDCB78

tetradic

#78BDCB #AF78CB #CB8678 #93CB78

square

#78BDCB #AF78CB #CB8678 #93CB78

split-complementary

#78BDCB #CB7893 #CBAF78

monochromatic

#388291 #4CA7BA #78BDCB #A4D3DC #D0E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#78BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDCB

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDCB	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.072 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1da',
    500: '#78bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdcb;
$custom-light: #a3d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.12,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75758,
    "c": 0.07231,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDCB

secondary

#DEC6C1

accent

#452EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDCB

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

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