#78a5d7

Color #78a5d7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.21 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#78a5d7

RGB

rgb(120, 165, 215)

HSL

hsl(211.6, 54.3%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.6, 44.2%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(66.37, -2, -30.12)

LCH

lch(66.37, 30.19, 266.2)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.0883, 251.65)

HWB

hwb(211.6, 47.1%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7aa78

Analogous

#78d4d7

#78a5d7

#7b78d7

Triadic

#78a5d7

#d778a5

#a5d778

Split-complementary

#78a5d7

#d77b78

#d4d778

Tetradic

#78a5d7

#aa78d7

#d7aa78

#a5d778

Square

#78a5d7

#d778d4

#d7aa78

#78d77b

Shades

Color #78a5d7 mixed toward black.

#4d88ca

#336cac

#265181

#1a3656

#0d1b2b

Tints

Color #78a5d7 mixed toward white.

#8fb4de

#a5c3e4

#bcd2eb

#d2e1f2

#e9f0f8

Tones

Color #78a5d7 mixed toward gray.

#80a5cf

#88a6c7

#90a6bf

#98a7b7

#a0a7af

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

#8e8ecc · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#8b88ca · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#7bc3c1 · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a5d7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a5d7]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#78a5d7 (#78a5d7) is rgb(120, 165, 215) in RGB.

No, #78a5d7 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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