#7878e4

Color #7878e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.07 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#7878e4

RGB

rgb(120, 120, 228)

HSL

hsl(240, 66.7%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 47.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.4%, 47.4%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(55.1, 28.05, -55.08)

LCH

lch(55.1, 61.81, 296.99)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.1593, 280.75)

HWB

hwb(240, 47.1%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4e478

Analogous

#78aee4

#7878e4

#ae78e4

Triadic

#7878e4

#e47878

#78e478

Split-complementary

#7878e4

#e4ae78

#aee478

Tetradic

#7878e4

#e478e4

#e4e478

#78e478

Square

#7878e4

#e478ae

#e4e478

#78e4ae

Shades

Color #7878e4 mixed toward black.

#4848da

#2727c1

#1d1d91

#131361

#0a0a30

Tints

Color #7878e4 mixed toward white.

#8e8ee8

#a5a5ed

#bbbbf1

#d2d2f6

#e8e8fa

Tones

Color #7878e4 mixed toward gray.

#8181db

#8a8ad2

#9393c9

#9c9cc0

#a5a5b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878d0 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#7878cb · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#78bfbb · ΔE 34.2

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7878e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7878e4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#7878e4 (#7878e4) is rgb(120, 120, 228) in RGB.

No, #7878e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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