#78a6eb

Color #78a6eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.88 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#78a6eb

RGB

rgb(120, 166, 235)

HSL

hsl(216, 74.2%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 48.9%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 29.4%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(67.47, 3.21, -39.41)

LCH

lch(67.47, 39.54, 274.66)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.1128, 258.29)

HWB

hwb(216, 47.1%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebbd78

Analogous

#78dfeb

#78a6eb

#8378eb

Triadic

#78a6eb

#eb78a6

#a6eb78

Split-complementary

#78a6eb

#eb8378

#dfeb78

Tetradic

#78a6eb

#bd78eb

#ebbd78

#a6eb78

Square

#78a6eb

#eb78df

#ebbd78

#78eb83

Shades

Color #78a6eb mixed toward black.

#4484e3

#1f65ce

#174c9b

#0f3267

#081934

Tints

Color #78a6eb mixed toward white.

#8eb5ee

#a5c4f2

#bbd2f5

#d2e1f8

#e8f0fc

Tones

Color #78a6eb mixed toward gray.

#82a8e1

#8baad8

#95acce

#9eaec5

#a8b0bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8fdd · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#8c88d9 · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#7bd1ce · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a6eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a6eb]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#78a6eb (#78a6eb) is rgb(120, 166, 235) in RGB.

No, #78a6eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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