#78BED2#78BED2

#78BED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.076 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BED2
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 210)
HSL	hsl(193, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(193, 43%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -16.83, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 23.88, 225.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0599 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.076 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7878, 45.4704, 67.7457)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BED2 #D28C78

analogous

#78D2B9 #78BED2 #7891D2

triadic

#78BED2 #D278BE #BED278

tetradic

#78BED2 #B978D2 #D28C78 #91D278

square

#78BED2 #B978D2 #D28C78 #91D278

split-complementary

#78BED2 #D27891 #D2B978

monochromatic

#34859C #4AA8C3 #78BED2 #A6D4E1 #D4EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#78BED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#78BED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BED2

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BED2	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AFD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.076 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1df',
    500: '#78bed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bed2;
$custom-light: #a3d1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76238,
    "c": 0.07591,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BED2

secondary

#E2CAC3

accent

#4928BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BED2

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

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