#78AEFD#78AEFD

#78AEFD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.128 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEFD
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 253)
HSL	hsl(216, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(216, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 31.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 4.06, -44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 44.77, 275.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0271 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.128 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6053, 41.3539, 98.7518)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEFD #FDC778

analogous

#78F0FD #78AEFD #8478FD

triadic

#78AEFD #FD78AE #AEFD78

tetradic

#78AEFD #FD78F0 #FDC778 #78FD84

square

#78AEFD #FD78F0 #FDC778 #78FD84

split-complementary

#78AEFD #FD8478 #F0FD78

monochromatic

#0466F7 #3C8AFC #78AEFD #B4D2FE #E1EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#78AEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#78AEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEFD

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEFD	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA6FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.128 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c5fe',
    500: '#78aefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aefd;
$custom-light: #a7c5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.639,
    "s": 97.08,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74589,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEFD

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEFD

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

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