#78A4E5#78A4E5

#78A4E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A4E5
RGB	rgb(120, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(216, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(216, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, 2.58, -37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 37.46, 273.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0223 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.107 258)
XYZ	xyz(35.1593, 36.1988, 79.2479)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A4E5 #E5B978

analogous

#78DAE5 #78A4E5 #8278E5

triadic

#78A4E5 #E578A4 #A4E578

tetradic

#78A4E5 #E578DA #E5B978 #78E582

square

#78A4E5 #E578DA #E5B978 #78E582

split-complementary

#78A4E5 #E58278 #DAE578

monochromatic

#2563BE #4581DB #78A4E5 #ABC7EF #DFE9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#78A4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#78A4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A4E5

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A4E5	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4beed',
    500: '#78a4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a4e5;
$custom-light: #a4beed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.78,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71315,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.36201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A4E5

secondary

#EDE0CC

accent

#8516D0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A4E5

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

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