#78a4e4

Color #78a4e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.03 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#78a4e4

RGB

rgb(120, 164, 228)

HSL

hsl(215.6, 66.7%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.6, 47.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(66.63, 2.29, -36.88)

LCH

lch(66.63, 36.95, 273.55)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.1057, 257.66)

HWB

hwb(215.6, 47.1%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4b878

Analogous

#78dae4

#78a4e4

#8278e4

Triadic

#78a4e4

#e478a4

#a4e478

Split-complementary

#78a4e4

#e48278

#dae478

Tetradic

#78a4e4

#b878e4

#e4b878

#a4e478

Square

#78a4e4

#e478da

#e4b878

#78e482

Shades

Color #78a4e4 mixed toward black.

#4883da

#2766c1

#1d4c91

#133361

#0a1930

Tints

Color #78a4e4 mixed toward white.

#8eb3e8

#a5c2ed

#bbd1f1

#d2e1f6

#e8f0fa

Tones

Color #78a4e4 mixed toward gray.

#81a5db

#8aa7d2

#93a9c9

#9cabc0

#a5acb7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ed7 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#8b87d3 · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#7bccc9 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a4e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a4e4]

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

#78a4e4 (#78a4e4) is rgb(120, 164, 228) in RGB.

No, #78a4e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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