#78BDCE#78BDCE

#78BDCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.074 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDCE
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -17.36, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 23.20, 221.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0602 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.074 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0799, 44.8419, 65.0820)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDCE #CE8978

analogous

#78CEB4 #78BDCE #7892CE

triadic

#78BDCE #CE78BD #BDCE78

tetradic

#78BDCE #B478CE #CE8978 #92CE78

square

#78BDCE #B478CE #CE8978 #92CE78

split-complementary

#78BDCE #CE7892 #CEB478

monochromatic

#368395 #4BA7BE #78BDCE #A5D3DE #D2E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#78BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#78BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDCE

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDCE	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.074 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1dd',
    500: '#78bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bdce;
$custom-light: #a3d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.86,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75866,
    "c": 0.07361,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDCE

secondary

#E0C8C2

accent

#482CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDCE

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

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