#78A5FA#78A5FA

#78A5FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.134 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A5FA
RGB	rgb(120, 165, 250)
HSL	hsl(219, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(219, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 34%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 8.26, -46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 47.68, 279.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0179 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.134 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4504, 37.8026, 95.6944)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A5FA #FACD78

analogous

#78E6FA #78A5FA #8C78FA

triadic

#78A5FA #FA78A5 #A5FA78

tetradic

#78A5FA #FA78E6 #FACD78 #78FA8C

square

#78A5FA #FA78E6 #FACD78 #78FA8C

split-complementary

#78A5FA #FA8C78 #E6FA78

monochromatic

#0958EF #3D7EF8 #78A5FA #B3CCFC #E1EBFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#78A5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#78A5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A5FA

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A5FA	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83ACFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74A0F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 165, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.134 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6bffc',
    500: '#78a5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a5fa;
$custom-light: #a6bffc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.231,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7256,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A5FA

secondary

#F6EBD5

accent

#9600E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A5FA

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

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