#7878cb

Color #7878cb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.34 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#7878cb

RGB

rgb(120, 120, 203)

HSL

hsl(240, 44.4%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 40.9%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 40.9%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(53.75, 20.74, -43.13)

LCH

lch(53.75, 47.86, 295.68)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.1243, 282.08)

HWB

hwb(240, 47.1%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbcb78

Analogous

#78a1cb

#7878cb

#a178cb

Triadic

#7878cb

#cb7878

#78cb78

Split-complementary

#7878cb

#cba178

#a1cb78

Tetradic

#7878cb

#cb78cb

#cbcb78

#78cb78

Square

#7878cb

#cb78a1

#cbcb78

#78cba1

Shades

Color #7878cb mixed toward black.

#5151bc

#3c3c9b

#2d2d75

#1e1e4e

#0f0f27

Tints

Color #7878cb mixed toward white.

#8e8ed4

#a5a5dc

#bbbbe5

#d2d2ee

#e8e8f6

Tones

Color #7878cb mixed toward gray.

#7f7fc4

#8686bd

#8d8db6

#9494af

#9a9aa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878bb · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#7878b7 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#78adaa · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7878cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7878cb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7878cb (#7878cb) is rgb(120, 120, 203) in RGB.

No, #7878cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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