#78CBDF#78CBDF

#78CBDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.086 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78CBDF
RGB	rgb(120, 203, 223)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(192, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -20.06, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 26.81, 221.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0701 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.086 215)
XYZ	xyz(42.4160, 52.0293, 77.6052)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78CBDF #DF8C78

analogous

#78DFBF #78CBDF #7898DF

triadic

#78CBDF #DF78CB #CBDF78

tetradic

#78CBDF #BF78DF #DF8C78 #98DF78

square

#78CBDF #BF78DF #DF8C78 #98DF78

split-complementary

#78CBDF #DF7898 #DFBF78

monochromatic

#2A98B2 #47B8D3 #78CBDF #A9DEEB #DBF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#78CBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#78CBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78CBDF

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78CBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78CBDF	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78cbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 203, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.086 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5dbe9',
    500: '#78cbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78cbdf;
$custom-light: #a5dbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78cbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.65,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79647,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.52033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78CBDF

secondary

#B45C47

accent

#3E1CC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78CBDF

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

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