#78A2EA#78A2EA

#78A2EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A2EA
RGB	rgb(120, 162, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(218, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 5.19, -40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 40.95, 277.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0185 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.116 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5124, 35.7718, 82.8593)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A2EA #EAC078

analogous

#78DBEA #78A2EA #8778EA

triadic

#78A2EA #EA78A2 #A2EA78

tetradic

#78A2EA #EA78DB #EAC078 #78EA87

square

#78A2EA #EA78DB #EAC078 #78EA87

split-complementary

#78A2EA #EA8778 #DBEA78

monochromatic

#1F5EC8 #437EE2 #78A2EA #ADC6F2 #E2EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#78A2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#78A2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A2EA

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A2EA	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 162, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5bdf1',
    500: '#78a2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a2ea;
$custom-light: #a5bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71131,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A2EA

secondary

#EFE3CE

accent

#8D10D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A2EA

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

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