#78AFFF#78AFFF

#78AFFF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78AFFF
RGB	rgb(120, 175, 255)
HSL	hsl(216, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 31.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 4.10, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 45.30, 275.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0277 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.13 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1195, 41.8698, 100.5032)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78AFFF #FFC878

analogous

#78F2FF #78AFFF #8478FF

triadic

#78AFFF #FF78AF #AFFF78

tetradic

#78AFFF #FF78F2 #FFC878 #78FF84

square

#78AFFF #FF78F2 #FFC878 #78FF84

split-complementary

#78AFFF #FF8478 #F2FF78

monochromatic

#0067FD #3B8BFF #78AFFF #B5D3FF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#78AFFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#78AFFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78AFFF

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78AFFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78AFFF	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78afff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 175, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7c6ff',
    500: '#78afff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78afff;
$custom-light: #a7c6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78afff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.556,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74898,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78AFFF

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8800E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #78AFFF

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

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