#78A4EA#78A4EA

#78A4EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A4EA
RGB	rgb(120, 164, 234)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 4.05, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 39.98, 275.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0209 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.114 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8675, 36.4820, 82.9777)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A4EA #EABE78

analogous

#78DDEA #78A4EA #8578EA

triadic

#78A4EA #EA78A4 #A4EA78

tetradic

#78A4EA #EA78DD #EABE78 #78EA85

square

#78A4EA #EA78DD #EABE78 #78EA85

split-complementary

#78A4EA #EA8578 #DDEA78

monochromatic

#1F61C8 #4380E2 #78A4EA #ADC8F2 #E2EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#78A4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#78A4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A4EA

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A4EA	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9EE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 164, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5bef1',
    500: '#78a4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a4ea;
$custom-light: #a5bef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.842,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71554,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A4EA

secondary

#EFE3CE

accent

#8910D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A4EA

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

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