#78A8FA#78A8FA

#78A8FA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78A8FA
RGB	rgb(120, 168, 250)
HSL	hsl(218, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 32.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 6.55, -45.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 46.17, 278.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0212 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.131 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9978, 38.8976, 95.8769)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78A8FA #FACA78

analogous

#78E9FA #78A8FA #8978FA

triadic

#78A8FA #FA78A8 #A8FA78

tetradic

#78A8FA #FA78E9 #FACA78 #78FA89

square

#78A8FA #FA78E9 #FACA78 #78FA89

split-complementary

#78A8FA #FA8978 #E9FA78

monochromatic

#095EEF #3D82F8 #78A8FA #B3CEFC #E1ECFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#78A8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#78A8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78A8FA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78A8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78A8FA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AEFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A2F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34BAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78a8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 168, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c1fc',
    500: '#78a8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78a8fa;
$custom-light: #a6c1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78a8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.846,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73183,
    "c": 0.13053,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78A8FA

secondary

#F6EAD5

accent

#9100E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78A8FA

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

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