#78A3E2#78A3E2

#78A3E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.104 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A3E2
RGB	rgb(120, 163, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(216, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 2.27, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 36.41, 273.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0219 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.104 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5658, 35.6762, 77.0015)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A3E2 #E2B778

analogous

#78D8E2 #78A3E2 #8278E2

triadic

#78A3E2 #E278A3 #A3E278

tetradic

#78A3E2 #E278D8 #E2B778 #78E282

square

#78A3E2 #E278D8 #E2B778 #78E282

split-complementary

#78A3E2 #E28278 #D8E278

monochromatic

#2862B8 #4681D7 #78A3E2 #AAC5ED #DDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#78A3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#78A3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A3E2

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A3E2	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 163, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.104 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4beeb',
    500: '#78a3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a3e2;
$custom-light: #a4beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.66,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7096,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A3E2

secondary

#EBDECB

accent

#8419CC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A3E2

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

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