#78BECC#78BECC

#78BECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.073 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BECC
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -18.40, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 23.10, 217.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0622 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.073 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0543, 45.1770, 63.8825)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BECC #CC8678

analogous

#78CCB0 #78BECC #7894CC

triadic

#78BECC #CC78BE #BECC78

tetradic

#78BECC #B078CC #CC8678 #94CC78

square

#78BECC #B078CC #CC8678 #94CC78

split-complementary

#78BECC #CC7894 #CCB078

monochromatic

#378392 #4CA9BB #78BECC #A4D3DD #D1E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#78BECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#78BECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BECC

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BECC	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78becc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.073 211.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78becc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7602,
    "c": 0.07311,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BECC

secondary

#DFC6C1

accent

#442DB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BECC

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

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