#78A2E2#78A2E2

#78A2E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A2E2
RGB	rgb(120, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(216, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 2.84, -36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 36.87, 274.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0208 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.105 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3890, 35.3225, 76.9426)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A2E2 #E2B878

analogous

#78D7E2 #78A2E2 #8378E2

triadic

#78A2E2 #E278A2 #A2E278

tetradic

#78A2E2 #E278D7 #E2B878 #78E283

square

#78A2E2 #E278D7 #E2B878 #78E283

split-complementary

#78A2E2 #E28378 #D7E278

monochromatic

#2861B8 #467FD7 #78A2E2 #AAC5ED #DDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#78A2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#78A2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A2E2

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A2E2	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bdeb',
    500: '#78a2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a2e2;
$custom-light: #a4bdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.226,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70747,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A2E2

secondary

#EBDECB

accent

#8519CC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A2E2

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

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