#78c3ee

Color #78c3ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 4.26 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#78c3ee

RGB

rgb(120, 195, 238)

HSL

hsl(201.9, 77.6%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.9, 49.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(75.57, -11.8, -28.5)

LCH

lch(75.57, 30.85, 247.51)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.0967, 235.03)

HWB

hwb(201.9, 47.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eea378

Analogous

#78eede

#78c3ee

#7888ee

Triadic

#78c3ee

#ee78c3

#c3ee78

Split-complementary

#78c3ee

#ee7888

#eede78

Tetradic

#78c3ee

#a378ee

#eea378

#c3ee78

Square

#78c3ee

#de78ee

#eea378

#88ee78

Shades

Color #78c3ee mixed toward black.

#43abe7

#1b90d4

#146c9f

#0d486a

#072435

Tints

Color #78c3ee mixed toward white.

#8fcdf1

#a5d7f4

#bce1f6

#d2ebf9

#e9f5fc

Tones

Color #78c3ee mixed toward gray.

#82c0e4

#8cbeda

#96bbd0

#9fb8c7

#a9b6bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9fe5 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#9a94e2 · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#7ddddb · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 18.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #78c3ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78c3ee]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#78c3ee (#78c3ee) is rgb(120, 195, 238) in RGB.

No, #78c3ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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