#78c3e6

Color #78c3e6

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 5.21 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#78c3e6

RGB

rgb(120, 195, 230)

HSL

hsl(199.1, 68.7%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.1, 47.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(75.29, -14.03, -24.62)

LCH

lch(75.29, 28.34, 240.32)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.0897, 229.47)

HWB

hwb(199.1, 47.1%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e69b78

Analogous

#78e6d2

#78c3e6

#788ce6

Triadic

#78c3e6

#e678c3

#c3e678

Split-complementary

#78c3e6

#e6788c

#e6d278

Tetradic

#78c3e6

#9b78e6

#e69b78

#c3e678

Square

#78c3e6

#d278e6

#e69b78

#8ce678

Shades

Color #78c3e6 mixed toward black.

#47addd

#2592c5

#1b6d94

#124962

#092431

Tints

Color #78c3e6 mixed toward white.

#8ecdea

#a5d7ee

#bbe1f2

#d2ebf7

#e8f5fb

Tones

Color #78c3e6 mixed toward gray.

#81c0dd

#8abcd4

#93b9ca

#9db6c1

#a6b2b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9fde · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#9a94dc · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#7dd8d6 · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78c3e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78c3e6]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#78c3e6 (#78c3e6) is rgb(120, 195, 230) in RGB.

No, #78c3e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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