#78BFDB#78BFDB

#78BFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.082 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFDB
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -14.95, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 25.74, 234.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0576 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.082 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1581, 46.3663, 73.8902)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFDB #DB9478

analogous

#78DBC6 #78BFDB #788EDB

triadic

#78BFDB #DB78BF #BFDB78

tetradic

#78BFDB #C678DB #DB9478 #8EDB78

square

#78BFDB #C678DB #DB9478 #8EDB78

split-complementary

#78BFDB #DB788E #DBC678

monochromatic

#2E88AB #48A8CE #78BFDB #A8D6E8 #D9EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#78BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#78BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFDB

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFDB	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AC8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.082 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d2e6',
    500: '#78bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfdb;
$custom-light: #a4d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.768,
    "c": 0.08169,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFDB

secondary

#E7D0C7

accent

#4F20C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFDB

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

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