#78BFDF#78BFDF

#78BFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.085 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BFDF
RGB	rgb(120, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -13.86, -22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 26.78, 238.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0562 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.085 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6910, 46.5794, 76.6969)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78BFDF #DF9878

analogous

#78DFCC #78BFDF #788BDF

triadic

#78BFDF #DF78BF #BFDF78

tetradic

#78BFDF #CC78DF #DF9878 #8BDF78

square

#78BFDF #CC78DF #DF9878 #8BDF78

split-complementary

#78BFDF #DF788B #DFCC78

monochromatic

#2A88B2 #47A8D3 #78BFDF #A9D6EB #DBEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#78BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#78BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BFDF

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BFDF	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.085 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d2e9',
    500: '#78bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78bfdf;
$custom-light: #a4d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.641,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76955,
    "c": 0.0847,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BFDF

secondary

#EAD3C9

accent

#521CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BFDF

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

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