#78BECE#78BECE

#78BECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.074 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BECE
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -17.88, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 23.31, 219.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0614 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.074 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2957, 45.2736, 65.1539)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BECE #CE8878

analogous

#78CEB3 #78BECE #7893CE

triadic

#78BECE #CE78BE #BECE78

tetradic

#78BECE #B378CE #CE8878 #93CE78

square

#78BECE #B378CE #CE8878 #93CE78

split-complementary

#78BECE #CE7893 #CEB378

monochromatic

#368495 #4BA8BE #78BECE #A5D4DE #D2E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#78BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#78BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BECE

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BECE	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.074 213.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76092,
    "c": 0.07394,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BECE

secondary

#E0C7C2

accent

#462CBA

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BECE

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

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