#78AAF8#78AAF8

#78AAF8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.126 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AAF8
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 248)
HSL	hsl(217, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 4.82, -43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 44.18, 276.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.024 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.126 259)
XYZ	xyz(39.0580, 39.5169, 94.3581)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AAF8 #F8C678

analogous

#78EAF8 #78AAF8 #8678F8

triadic

#78AAF8 #F878AA #AAF878

tetradic

#78AAF8 #F878EA #F8C678 #78F886

square

#78AAF8 #F878EA #F8C678 #78F886

split-complementary

#78AAF8 #F88678 #EAF878

monochromatic

#0C63E9 #3E85F5 #78AAF8 #B2CFFB #E2EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#78AAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#78AAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAF8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AAF8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA3F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aaf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.126 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6c3fb',
    500: '#78aaf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aaf8;
$custom-light: #a6c3fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aaf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.563,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73502,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.3952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AAF8

secondary

#F6E9D5

accent

#8C00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAF8

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

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