#78a9de

Color #78a9de

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.11 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#78a9de

RGB

rgb(120, 169, 222)

HSL

hsl(211.2, 60.7%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.2, 45.9%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(67.75, -2.24, -31.84)

LCH

lch(67.75, 31.92, 265.98)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.0938, 251.08)

HWB

hwb(211.2, 47.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dead78

Analogous

#78dcde

#78a9de

#7a78de

Triadic

#78a9de

#de78a9

#a9de78

Split-complementary

#78a9de

#de7a78

#dcde78

Tetradic

#78a9de

#ad78de

#dead78

#a9de78

Square

#78a9de

#de78dc

#dead78

#78de7a

Shades

Color #78a9de mixed toward black.

#4a8cd3

#2d6fb7

#225389

#16385c

#0b1c2e

Tints

Color #78a9de mixed toward white.

#8fb7e4

#a5c6e9

#bcd4ef

#d2e2f4

#e9f1fa

Tones

Color #78a9de mixed toward gray.

#81a9d6

#89aacd

#92aac5

#9aaabc

#a3abb4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090d3 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#8d89d0 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#7bc9c7 · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a9de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a9de]

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#78a9de (#78a9de) is rgb(120, 169, 222) in RGB.

No, #78a9de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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