#78BFDD#78BFDD

#78BFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.083 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFDD
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -14.40, -21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 26.24, 236.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0569 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.083 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4230, 46.4722, 75.2852)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFDD #DD9678

analogous

#78DDC9 #78BFDD #788DDD

triadic

#78BFDD #DD78BF #BFDD78

tetradic

#78BFDD #C978DD #DD9678 #8DDD78

square

#78BFDD #C978DD #DD9678 #8DDD78

split-complementary

#78BFDD #DD788D #DDC978

monochromatic

#2C88AF #47A8D1 #78BFDD #A9D6E9 #DAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#78BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#78BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFDD

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFDD	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.083 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d2e7',
    500: '#78bfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfdd;
$custom-light: #a4d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.822,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76877,
    "c": 0.08316,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFDD

secondary

#E9D2C8

accent

#501EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFDD

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

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