#78BDCC#78BDCC

#78BDCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.073 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDCC
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -17.88, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 22.96, 218.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.061 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.073 213)
XYZ	xyz(36.8385, 44.7453, 63.8105)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDCC #CC8778

analogous

#78CCB1 #78BDCC #7893CC

triadic

#78BDCC #CC78BD #BDCC78

tetradic

#78BDCC #B178CC #CC8778 #93CC78

square

#78BDCC #B178CC #CC8778 #93CC78

split-complementary

#78BDCC #CC7893 #CCB178

monochromatic

#378292 #4CA7BB #78BDCC #A4D3DD #D1E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#78BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDCC

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDCC	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.073 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1db',
    500: '#78bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdcc;
$custom-light: #a3d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75793,
    "c": 0.07272,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.44748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDCC

secondary

#DFC6C1

accent

#462DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDCC

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

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