#78BECD#78BECD

#78BECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.074 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BECD
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -18.14, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 23.20, 218.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0618 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.074 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1746, 45.2251, 64.5162)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BECD #CD8778

analogous

#78CDB1 #78BECD #7893CD

triadic

#78BECD #CD78BE #BECD78

tetradic

#78BECD #B178CD #CD8778 #93CD78

square

#78BECD #B178CD #CD8778 #93CD78

split-complementary

#78BECD #CD7893 #CDB178

monochromatic

#378394 #4BA8BC #78BECD #A5D4DE #D1E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#78BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#78BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BECD

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BECD	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.074 212.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76056,
    "c": 0.07351,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BECD

secondary

#DFC7C1

accent

#452CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BECD

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

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