#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
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -16.55, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 24.46, 227.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0599 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.078 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3824, 46.0560, 69.8050)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##78BFD5	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)

#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

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

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