#78b8ec

Color #78b8ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 9.26 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#78b8ec

RGB

rgb(120, 184, 236)

HSL

hsl(206.9, 75.3%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.9, 49.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.2%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(72.45, -6.47, -32.23)

LCH

lch(72.45, 32.87, 258.65)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.0998, 244.15)

HWB

hwb(206.9, 47.1%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecac78

Analogous

#78ece6

#78b8ec

#787eec

Triadic

#78b8ec

#ec78b8

#b8ec78

Split-complementary

#78b8ec

#ec787e

#ece678

Tetradic

#78b8ec

#ac78ec

#ecac78

#b8ec78

Square

#78b8ec

#e678ec

#ecac78

#7eec78

Shades

Color #78b8ec mixed toward black.

#449de5

#1d80d0

#16609c

#0f4068

#072034

Tints

Color #78b8ec mixed toward white.

#8fc4ef

#a5d0f2

#bcdbf5

#d2e7f9

#e9f3fc

Tones

Color #78b8ec mixed toward gray.

#82b7e2

#8bb6d9

#95b5cf

#9fb4c5

#a8b3bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899e1 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#948fde · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#7cd8d5 · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78b8ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78b8ec]

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Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#78b8ec (#78b8ec) is rgb(120, 184, 236) in RGB.

No, #78b8ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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