#78AAF5#78AAF5

#78AAF5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.122 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AAF5
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 245)
HSL	hsl(216, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 30.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 3.92, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 42.67, 275.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0248 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.122 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5963, 39.3323, 91.9265)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AAF5 #F5C378

analogous

#78E9F5 #78AAF5 #8578F5

triadic

#78AAF5 #F578AA #AAF578

tetradic

#78AAF5 #F578E9 #F5C378 #78F585

square

#78AAF5 #F578E9 #F5C378 #78F585

split-complementary

#78AAF5 #F58578 #E9F578

monochromatic

#1164E2 #3F86F1 #78AAF5 #B1CEF9 #E3EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#78AAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#78AAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAF5

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AAF5	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAFF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA3F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3ABBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aaf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.122 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c3f8',
    500: '#78aaf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aaf5;
$custom-light: #a6c3f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aaf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73355,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AAF5

secondary

#F4E8D4

accent

#8903E3

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAF5

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

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