#78A2DD#78A2DD

#78A2DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.098 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A2DD
RGB	rgb(120, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(215, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(215, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 1.39, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 34.36, 272.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0222 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.098 257)
XYZ	xyz(33.7129, 35.0520, 73.3818)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A2DD #DDB378

analogous

#78D4DD #78A2DD #8178DD

triadic

#78A2DD #DD78A2 #A2DD78

tetradic

#78A2DD #DD78D4 #DDB378 #78DD81

square

#78A2DD #DD78D4 #DDB378 #78DD81

split-complementary

#78A2DD #DD8178 #D4DD78

monochromatic

#2C62AF #4780D1 #78A2DD #A9C4E9 #DAE5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#78A2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#78A2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A2DD

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A2DD	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FAFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.098 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bde7',
    500: '#78a2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a2dd;
$custom-light: #a3bde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.05,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70514,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.35054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A2DD

secondary

#E9DBC8

accent

#811EC7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A2DD

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

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