#78AEFF#78AEFF

#78AEFF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AEFF
RGB	rgb(120, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(216, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 4.66, -45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 45.77, 275.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0266 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.131 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9256, 41.4820, 100.4386)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AEFF #FFC978

analogous

#78F1FF #78AEFF #8578FF

triadic

#78AEFF #FF78AE #AEFF78

tetradic

#78AEFF #FF78F1 #FFC978 #78FF85

square

#78AEFF #FF78F1 #FFC978 #78FF85

split-complementary

#78AEFF #FF8578 #F1FF78

monochromatic

#0065FD #3B89FF #78AEFF #B5D3FF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#78AEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#78AEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AEFF

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AEFF	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78aeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 258.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78aeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74688,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AEFF

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AEFF

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

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