#78a0f6

Color #78a0f6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.95 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#78a0f6

RGB

rgb(120, 160, 246)

HSL

hsl(221, 87.5%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221, 51.2%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.2%, 35%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(66.36, 9.92, -47.17)

LCH

lch(66.36, 48.2, 281.88)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.1338, 264.34)

HWB

hwb(221, 47.1%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f6ce78

Analogous

#78dff6

#78a0f6

#8f78f6

Triadic

#78a0f6

#f678a0

#a0f678

Split-complementary

#78a0f6

#f68f78

#dff678

Tetradic

#78a0f6

#ce78f6

#f6ce78

#a0f678

Square

#78a0f6

#f678df

#f6ce78

#78f68f

Shades

Color #78a0f6 mixed toward black.

#3f78f2

#0f53e5

#0b3eac

#082972

#041539

Tints

Color #78a0f6 mixed toward white.

#8fb0f8

#a5c0f9

#bcd0fb

#d2dffc

#e9effe

Tones

Color #78a0f6 mixed toward gray.

#83a4ec

#8da8e1

#98acd7

#a2afcc

#adb3c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8be5 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#8986e1 · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#7ad6d3 · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a0f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a0f6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#78a0f6 (#78a0f6) is rgb(120, 160, 246) in RGB.

No, #78a0f6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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