#78a3e2

Color #78a3e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.38 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#78a3e2

RGB

rgb(120, 163, 226)

HSL

hsl(215.7, 64.6%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.7, 46.9%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.9%, 27.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(66.27, 2.27, -36.34)

LCH

lch(66.27, 36.41, 273.57)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.1041, 257.79)

HWB

hwb(215.7, 47.1%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2b778

Analogous

#78d8e2

#78a3e2

#8278e2

Triadic

#78a3e2

#e278a3

#a3e278

Split-complementary

#78a3e2

#e28278

#d8e278

Tetradic

#78a3e2

#b778e2

#e2b778

#a3e278

Square

#78a3e2

#e278d8

#e2b778

#78e282

Shades

Color #78a3e2 mixed toward black.

#4882d8

#2965be

#1f4c8e

#14335f

#0a192f

Tints

Color #78a3e2 mixed toward white.

#8eb2e7

#a5c2ec

#bbd1f0

#d2e0f5

#e8f0fa

Tones

Color #78a3e2 mixed toward gray.

#81a4d9

#8aa6d0

#92a8c7

#9baabf

#a4abb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8dd5 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#8a87d2 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#7bcac7 · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a3e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a3e2]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#78a3e2 (#78a3e2) is rgb(120, 163, 226) in RGB.

No, #78a3e2 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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