#78a1eb

Color #78a1eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.43 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#78a1eb

RGB

rgb(120, 161, 235)

HSL

hsl(218.6, 74.2%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.6, 48.9%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 31.5%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(66.12, 6.05, -41.52)

LCH

lch(66.12, 41.96, 278.29)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.1179, 261.66)

HWB

hwb(218.6, 47.1%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebc278

Analogous

#78dbeb

#78a1eb

#8878eb

Triadic

#78a1eb

#eb78a1

#a1eb78

Split-complementary

#78a1eb

#eb8878

#dbeb78

Tetradic

#78a1eb

#c278eb

#ebc278

#a1eb78

Square

#78a1eb

#eb78db

#ebc278

#78eb88

Shades

Color #78a1eb mixed toward black.

#447de3

#1f5dce

#17469b

#0f2f67

#081734

Tints

Color #78a1eb mixed toward white.

#8eb1ee

#a5c0f2

#bbd0f5

#d2e0f8

#e8effc

Tones

Color #78a1eb mixed toward gray.

#82a4e1

#8ba6d8

#95a9ce

#9eacc5

#a8afbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cdc · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#8986d8 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#7acfcc · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a1eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a1eb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#78a1eb (#78a1eb) is rgb(120, 161, 235) in RGB.

No, #78a1eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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