#78CBDE#78CBDE

#78CBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.085 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBDE
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(191, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -20.32, -17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 26.69, 220.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0705 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.085 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2815, 51.9756, 76.8973)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBDE #DE8B78

analogous

#78DEBE #78CBDE #7898DE

triadic

#78CBDE #DE78CB #CBDE78

tetradic

#78CBDE #BE78DE #DE8B78 #98DE78

square

#78CBDE #BE78DE #DE8B78 #98DE78

split-complementary

#78CBDE #DE7898 #DEBE78

monochromatic

#2B98B0 #47B8D2 #78CBDE #A9DEEA #DAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#78CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBDE

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBDE	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.085 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe8',
    500: '#78cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbde;
$custom-light: #a5dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.176,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79611,
    "c": 0.08511,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBDE

secondary

#B25C48

accent

#3D1DC8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBDE

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

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