#78CBDD#78CBDD

#78CBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.085 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBDD
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(191, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -20.59, -16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 26.58, 219.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0709 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.085 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1479, 51.9221, 76.1935)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBDD #DD8A78

analogous

#78DDBD #78CBDD #7899DD

triadic

#78CBDD #DD78CB #CBDD78

tetradic

#78CBDD #BD78DD #DD8A78 #99DD78

square

#78CBDD #BD78DD #DD8A78 #99DD78

split-complementary

#78CBDD #DD7899 #DDBD78

monochromatic

#2C97AF #47B8D1 #78CBDD #A9DEE9 #DAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#78CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBDD

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBDD	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.085 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe7',
    500: '#78cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbdd;
$custom-light: #a5dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.693,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79574,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBDD

secondary

#B15B48

accent

#3C1EC7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBDD

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

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