#78AEFE#78AEFE

#78AEFE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.130 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEFE
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 254)
HSL	hsl(216, 99%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(216, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 31.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 4.36, -45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 45.27, 275.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0269 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.13 258)
XYZ	xyz(40.7650, 41.4178, 99.5930)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEFE #FEC878

analogous

#78F1FE #78AEFE #8578FE

triadic

#78AEFE #FE78AE #AEFE78

tetradic

#78AEFE #FE78F1 #FEC878 #78FE85

square

#78AEFE #FE78F1 #FEC878 #78FE85

split-complementary

#78AEFE #FE8578 #F1FE78

monochromatic

#0266FA #3B8AFE #78AEFE #B5D2FE #E1EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#78AEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#78AEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEFE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEFE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA7FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DC0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aefe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.130 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c5ff',
    500: '#78aefe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78aefe;
$custom-light: #a7c5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aefe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.821,
    "s": 98.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74639,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.41421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEFE

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8900E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEFE

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

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