#78BFD5#78BFD5

#78BFD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.078 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78BFD5
RGBrgb(120, 191, 213)
HSLhsl(194, 53%, 65%)
HSVhsv(194, 44%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(43.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(73.58, -16.55, -18.00)
CIE-LCHlch(73.58, 24.46, 227.40°)
OKLaboklab(76.57% -0.0599 -0.0496)
OKLCHoklch(76.57% 0.078 219.6)
XYZxyz(38.3824, 46.0560, 69.8050)
Luminance0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78BFD5 #D58E78
analogous
#78D5BD #78BFD5 #7890D5
triadic
#78BFD5 #D578BF #BFD578
tetradic
#78BFD5 #BD78D5 #D58E78 #90D578
square
#78BFD5 #BD78D5 #D58E78 #90D578
split-complementary
#78BFD5 #D57890 #D5BD78
monochromatic
#3286A1 #49A9C6 #78BFD5 #A7D5E4 #D5EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#78BFD5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21
#78BFD5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFD5
10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78BFD5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78BFD51.002.0610.2110.21
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2121.001.001.00
##00000010.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1BBD6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3B0D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4EC7C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78bfd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.078 219.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d2e2',
    500: '#78bfd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78bfd5;
$custom-light: #a3d2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78bfd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.194,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76574,
    "c": 0.07778,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78BFD5
secondary
#E4CCC5
accent
#4A26C0
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F4F9FB
border
#CED2D4
text
#0F1415
muted
#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFD5

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#78BFD5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva