#78a8ed

Color #78a8ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.34 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.5

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#78a8ed

RGB

rgb(120, 168, 237)

HSL

hsl(215.4, 76.5%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.4, 49.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(68.1, 2.67, -39.52)

LCH

lch(68.1, 39.61, 273.87)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.1136, 257.44)

HWB

hwb(215.4, 47.1%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edbd78

Analogous

#78e2ed

#78a8ed

#8378ed

Triadic

#78a8ed

#ed78a8

#a8ed78

Split-complementary

#78a8ed

#ed8378

#e2ed78

Tetradic

#78a8ed

#bd78ed

#edbd78

#a8ed78

Square

#78a8ed

#ed78e2

#edbd78

#78ed83

Shades

Color #78a8ed mixed toward black.

#4386e6

#1c67d2

#154d9e

#0e3369

#071a35

Tints

Color #78a8ed mixed toward white.

#8eb6f0

#a5c5f3

#bbd3f6

#d2e2f9

#e8f0fc

Tones

Color #78a8ed mixed toward gray.

#82aae3

#8babda

#95add0

#9fafc6

#a9b1bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90df · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#8c89db · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#7bd3d0 · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 21

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #78a8ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a8ed]

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

#78a8ed (#78a8ed) is rgb(120, 168, 237) in RGB.

No, #78a8ed is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #78a8ed, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast