#78BEDD#78BEDD

#78BEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.083 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEDD
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -13.88, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 26.32, 238.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0557 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.083 228)
XYZ	xyz(39.2056, 46.0375, 75.2128)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEDD #DD9778

analogous

#78DDCA #78BEDD #788CDD

triadic

#78BEDD #DD78BE #BEDD78

tetradic

#78BEDD #CA78DD #DD9778 #8CDD78

square

#78BEDD #CA78DD #DD9778 #8CDD78

split-complementary

#78BEDD #DD788C #DDCA78

monochromatic

#2C87AF #47A6D1 #78BEDD #A9D6E9 #DAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#78BEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#78BEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEDD

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEDD	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.083 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1e7',
    500: '#78bedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bedd;
$custom-light: #a4d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.416,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76654,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.4604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEDD

secondary

#E9D2C8

accent

#521EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEDD

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

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