#78BEDB#78BEDB

#78BEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.082 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEDB
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -14.42, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 25.79, 236.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0565 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.082 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9408, 45.9316, 73.8178)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEDB #DB9578

analogous

#78DBC7 #78BEDB #788DDB

triadic

#78BEDB #DB78BE #BEDB78

tetradic

#78BEDB #C778DB #DB9578 #8DDB78

square

#78BEDB #C778DB #DB9578 #8DDB78

split-complementary

#78BEDB #DB788D #DBC778

monochromatic

#2E86AB #48A7CE #78BEDB #A8D5E8 #D9EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#78BEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#78BEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEDB

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEDB	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.082 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1e6',
    500: '#78bedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bedb;
$custom-light: #a4d1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.576,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76576,
    "c": 0.08172,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEDB

secondary

#E7D1C7

accent

#5020C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEDB

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

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