#78A2EB#78A2EB

#78A2EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.117 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A2EB
RGB	rgb(120, 162, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(218, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 31.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 5.48, -41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 41.46, 277.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0183 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.117 261)
XYZ	xyz(35.6565, 35.8295, 83.6180)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A2EB #EBC178

analogous

#78DCEB #78A2EB #8878EB

triadic

#78A2EB #EB78A2 #A2EB78

tetradic

#78A2EB #EB78DC #EBC178 #78EB88

square

#78A2EB #EB78DC #EBC178 #78EB88

split-complementary

#78A2EB #EB8878 #DCEB78

monochromatic

#1E5DCB #437DE3 #78A2EB #ADC7F3 #E3EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#78A2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#78A2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A2EB

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A2EB	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 162, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.117 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5bdf1',
    500: '#78a2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a2eb;
$custom-light: #a5bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.087,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7118,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.35832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A2EB

secondary

#F0E4CF

accent

#8E0FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A2EB

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

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