#78a4ee

Color #78a4ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.05 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#78a4ee

RGB

rgb(120, 164, 238)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 77.6%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 49.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(67.06, 5.23, -41.69)

LCH

lch(67.06, 42.02, 277.15)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.1189, 260.41)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 47.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eec278

Analogous

#78dfee

#78a4ee

#8778ee

Triadic

#78a4ee

#ee78a4

#a4ee78

Split-complementary

#78a4ee

#ee8778

#dfee78

Tetradic

#78a4ee

#c278ee

#eec278

#a4ee78

Square

#78a4ee

#ee78df

#eec278

#78ee87

Shades

Color #78a4ee mixed toward black.

#4380e7

#1b60d4

#14489f

#0d306a

#071835

Tints

Color #78a4ee mixed toward white.

#8fb3f1

#a5c2f4

#bcd2f6

#d2e1f9

#e9f0fc

Tones

Color #78a4ee mixed toward gray.

#82a7e4

#8ca9da

#96acd0

#9faec7

#a9b1bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8edf · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#8b87db · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#7bd2cf · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a4ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a4ee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#78a4ee (#78a4ee) is rgb(120, 164, 238) in RGB.

No, #78a4ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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