#78A2ED#78A2ED

#78A2ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.120 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A2ED
RGB	rgb(120, 162, 237)
HSL	hsl(218, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(218, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 31.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 6.08, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 42.49, 278.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0177 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.12 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9470, 35.9457, 85.1483)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A2ED #EDC378

analogous

#78DCED #78A2ED #8978ED

triadic

#78A2ED #ED78A2 #A2ED78

tetradic

#78A2ED #ED78DC #EDC378 #78ED89

square

#78A2ED #ED78DC #EDC378 #78ED89

split-complementary

#78A2ED #ED8978 #DCED78

monochromatic

#1C5CCF #427DE6 #78A2ED #AEC7F4 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#78A2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#78A2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A2ED

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A2ED	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43B2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 162, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.120 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5bdf3',
    500: '#78a2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a2ed;
$custom-light: #a5bdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.462,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71279,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A2ED

secondary

#F1E5D0

accent

#8F0DD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A2ED

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

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