#78A4E2#78A4E2

#78A4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A4E2
RGB	rgb(120, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 1.71, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 35.95, 272.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0231 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.103 257)
XYZ	xyz(34.7441, 36.0327, 77.0609)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A4E2 #E2B678

analogous

#78D9E2 #78A4E2 #8178E2

triadic

#78A4E2 #E278A4 #A4E278

tetradic

#78A4E2 #E278D9 #E2B678 #78E281

square

#78A4E2 #E278D9 #E2B678 #78E281

split-complementary

#78A4E2 #E28178 #D9E278

monochromatic

#2864B8 #4682D7 #78A4E2 #AAC6ED #DDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#78A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#78A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A4E2

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A4E2	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CB2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4beeb',
    500: '#78a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a4e2;
$custom-light: #a4beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.094,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71174,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.36035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A4E2

secondary

#EBDECB

accent

#8219CC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A4E2

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

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