#78A4E4#78A4E4

#78A4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A4E4
RGB	rgb(120, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(216, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(216, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 2.29, -36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 36.95, 273.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0226 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.106 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0201, 36.1431, 78.5147)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A4E4 #E4B878

analogous

#78DAE4 #78A4E4 #8278E4

triadic

#78A4E4 #E478A4 #A4E478

tetradic

#78A4E4 #E478DA #E4B878 #78E482

square

#78A4E4 #E478DA #E4B878 #78E482

split-complementary

#78A4E4 #E48278 #DAE478

monochromatic

#2663BC #4582DA #78A4E4 #ABC6EE #DEE9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#78A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#78A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A4E4

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A4E4	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4AB2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4beec',
    500: '#78a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a4e4;
$custom-light: #a4beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.556,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71268,
    "c": 0.1057,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A4E4

secondary

#ECDFCC

accent

#8417CF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A4E4

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

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