#78BDCF#78BDCF

#78BDCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.074 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BDCF
RGB	rgb(120, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -17.10, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 23.34, 222.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0598 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.074 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2018, 44.8906, 65.7238)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BDCF #CF8A78

analogous

#78CFB6 #78BDCF #7892CF

triadic

#78BDCF #CF78BD #BDCF78

tetradic

#78BDCF #B678CF #CF8A78 #92CF78

square

#78BDCF #B678CF #CF8A78 #92CF78

split-complementary

#78BDCF #CF7892 #CFB678

monochromatic

#368397 #4BA7BF #78BDCF #A5D3DF #D2E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#78BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#78BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BDCF

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BDCF	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.074 216.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.414,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75902,
    "c": 0.0741,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BDCF

secondary

#E1C9C2

accent

#492BBB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BDCF

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

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