#78AAFE#78AAFE

#78AAFE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AAFE
RGB	rgb(120, 170, 254)
HSL	hsl(218, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 33.1%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 6.63, -46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 47.21, 278.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0224 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.134 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0038, 39.8952, 99.3392)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AAFE #FECC78

analogous

#78EDFE #78AAFE #8978FE

triadic

#78AAFE #FE78AA #AAFE78

tetradic

#78AAFE #FE78ED #FECC78 #78FE89

square

#78AAFE #FE78ED #FECC78 #78FE89

split-complementary

#78AAFE #FE8978 #EDFE78

monochromatic

#025EFA #3B84FE #78AAFE #B5D0FE #E1ECFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#78AAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#78AAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AAFE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AAFE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89B0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A4FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EBCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 170, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c3ff',
    500: '#78aafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aafe;
$custom-light: #a7c3ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.612,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AAFE

secondary

#F7EAD4

accent

#9000E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F7FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AAFE

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

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