#78A0DA#78A0DA

#78A0DA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.096 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A0DA
RGB	rgb(120, 160, 218)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(216, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 26.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 1.66, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 33.76, 272.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0207 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.096 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9673, 34.1946, 71.1791)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A0DA #DAB278

analogous

#78D1DA #78A0DA #8178DA

triadic

#78A0DA #DA78A0 #A0DA78

tetradic

#78A0DA #DA78D1 #DAB278 #78DA81

square

#78A0DA #DA78D1 #DAB278 #78DA81

split-complementary

#78A0DA #DA8178 #D1DA78

monochromatic

#2E61A9 #487ECD #78A0DA #A8C2E7 #D8E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#78A0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#78A0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A0DA

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A0DA	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52ADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 160, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.096 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bbe5',
    500: '#78a0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a0da;
$custom-light: #a3bbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.51,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69946,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A0DA

secondary

#E7DAC7

accent

#8221C5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A0DA

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

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