#78b3ee

Color #78b3ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 13.37 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#78b3ee

RGB

rgb(120, 179, 238)

HSL

hsl(210, 77.6%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 49.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(71.15, -3.16, -35.32)

LCH

lch(71.15, 35.46, 264.89)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.1054, 249.4)

HWB

hwb(210, 47.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeb378

Analogous

#78eeee

#78b3ee

#7878ee

Triadic

#78b3ee

#ee78b3

#b3ee78

Split-complementary

#78b3ee

#ee7878

#eeee78

Tetradic

#78b3ee

#b378ee

#eeb378

#b3ee78

Square

#78b3ee

#ee78ee

#eeb378

#78ee78

Shades

Color #78b3ee mixed toward black.

#4395e7

#1b77d4

#145a9f

#0d3c6a

#071e35

Tints

Color #78b3ee mixed toward white.

#8fc0f1

#a5ccf4

#bcd9f6

#d2e6f9

#e9f2fc

Tones

Color #78b3ee mixed toward gray.

#82b3e4

#8cb3da

#96b3d0

#9fb3c7

#a9b3bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596e2 · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#928dde · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#7cd7d5 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78b3ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78b3ee]

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Slate Gray #708090

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#78b3ee (#78b3ee) is rgb(120, 179, 238) in RGB.

No, #78b3ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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