#78BED5#78BED5

#78BED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.078 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BED5
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -16.03, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 24.43, 228.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0587 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.078 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1651, 45.6213, 69.7326)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BED5 #D58F78

analogous

#78D5BE #78BED5 #788FD5

triadic

#78BED5 #D578BE #BED578

tetradic

#78BED5 #BE78D5 #D58F78 #8FD578

square

#78BED5 #BE78D5 #D58F78 #8FD578

split-complementary

#78BED5 #D5788F #D5BE78

monochromatic

#3285A1 #49A8C6 #78BED5 #A7D4E4 #D5EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#78BED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#78BED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BED5

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BED5	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FC6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.078 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d1e2',
    500: '#78bed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bed5;
$custom-light: #a3d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.839,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76349,
    "c": 0.07764,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BED5

secondary

#E4CCC5

accent

#4C26C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BED5

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

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