#78a0bb

Color #78a0bb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.7 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#78a0bb

RGB

rgb(120, 160, 187)

HSL

hsl(204.2, 33%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.2, 35.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(63.93, -6.85, -18.29)

LCH

lch(63.93, 19.53, 249.47)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0591, 238.27)

HWB

hwb(204.2, 47.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb9378

Analogous

#78bbb5

#78a0bb

#787ebb

Triadic

#78a0bb

#bb78a0

#a0bb78

Split-complementary

#78a0bb

#bb787e

#bbb578

Tetradic

#78a0bb

#9378bb

#bb9378

#a0bb78

Square

#78a0bb

#b578bb

#bb9378

#7ebb78

Shades

Color #78a0bb mixed toward black.

#5688aa

#456d88

#335266

#223644

#111b22

Tints

Color #78a0bb mixed toward white.

#8fb0c6

#a5c0d2

#bccfdd

#d2dfe8

#e9eff4

Tones

Color #78a0bb mixed toward gray.

#7e9fb5

#839eb0

#899daa

#8e9ca5

#949b9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bb5 · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#8986b3 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#7ab0af · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a0bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a0bb]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#78a0bb (#78a0bb) is rgb(120, 160, 187) in RGB.

No, #78a0bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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