#78BDCD#78BDCD

#78BDCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.073 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDCD
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -17.62, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 23.07, 220.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0606 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.073 214)
XYZ	xyz(36.9588, 44.7935, 64.4442)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDCD #CD8878

analogous

#78CDB2 #78BDCD #7892CD

triadic

#78BDCD #CD78BD #BDCD78

tetradic

#78BDCD #B278CD #CD8878 #92CD78

square

#78BDCD #B278CD #CD8878 #92CD78

split-complementary

#78BDCD #CD7892 #CDB278

monochromatic

#378294 #4BA7BC #78BDCD #A5D3DE #D1E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#78BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDCD

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDCD	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.073 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1dc',
    500: '#78bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdcd;
$custom-light: #a3d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.294,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75829,
    "c": 0.07316,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.44796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDCD

secondary

#DFC7C1

accent

#472CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDCD

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

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