#78bee3

Color #78bee3

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 6.89 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#78bee3

RGB

rgb(120, 190, 227)

HSL

hsl(200.7, 65.6%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.7, 47.1%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(73.78, -12.23, -25.3)

LCH

lch(73.78, 28.1, 244.2)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.0882, 232.6)

HWB

hwb(200.7, 47.1%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e39d78

Analogous

#78e3d2

#78bee3

#7888e3

Triadic

#78bee3

#e378be

#bee378

Split-complementary

#78bee3

#e37888

#e3d278

Tetradic

#78bee3

#9d78e3

#e39d78

#bee378

Square

#78bee3

#d278e3

#e39d78

#88e378

Shades

Color #78bee3 mixed toward black.

#48a7d9

#288bbf

#1e6890

#144660

#0a2330

Tints

Color #78bee3 mixed toward white.

#8ec9e8

#a5d4ec

#bbdef1

#d2e9f6

#e8f4fa

Tones

Color #78bee3 mixed toward gray.

#81bbda

#8ab8d1

#93b6c8

#9cb3bf

#a4b0b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cdb · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#9792d9 · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#7dd4d2 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78bee3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78bee3]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#78bee3 (#78bee3) is rgb(120, 190, 227) in RGB.

No, #78bee3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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