#78BEDE#78BEDE

#78BEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.084 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BEDE
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -13.61, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 26.60, 239.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0554 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.084 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3393, 46.0910, 75.9165)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BEDE #DE9878

analogous

#78DECB #78BEDE #788BDE

triadic

#78BEDE #DE78BE #BEDE78

tetradic

#78BEDE #CB78DE #DE9878 #8BDE78

square

#78BEDE #CB78DE #DE9878 #8BDE78

split-complementary

#78BEDE #DE788B #DECB78

monochromatic

#2B87B0 #47A6D2 #78BEDE #A9D6EA #DAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#78BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#78BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BEDE

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BEDE	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.084 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d1e8',
    500: '#78bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bede;
$custom-light: #a4d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76693,
    "c": 0.08403,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BEDE

secondary

#E9D3C9

accent

#531DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BEDE

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

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