#78a9f9

Color #78a9f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.06 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#78a9f9

RGB

rgb(120, 169, 249)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 91.5%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 51.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.8%, 32.1%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(68.9, 5.68, -44.81)

LCH

lch(68.9, 45.17, 277.22)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.1282, 259.85)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 47.1%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9c878

Analogous

#78eaf9

#78a9f9

#8878f9

Triadic

#78a9f9

#f978a9

#a9f978

Split-complementary

#78a9f9

#f98878

#eaf978

Tetradic

#78a9f9

#c878f9

#f9c878

#a9f978

Square

#78a9f9

#f978ea

#f9c878

#78f988

Shades

Color #78a9f9 mixed toward black.

#3d84f6

#0a60ec

#0848b1

#053076

#03183b

Tints

Color #78a9f9 mixed toward white.

#8fb7fa

#a5c6fb

#bcd4fc

#d2e2fd

#e9f1fe

Tones

Color #78a9f9 mixed toward gray.

#83acee

#8eaee4

#98b1d9

#a3b3ce

#aeb6c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9090e9 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#8d89e5 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#7bdbd8 · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 22.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #78a9f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a9f9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#78a9f9 (#78a9f9) is rgb(120, 169, 249) in RGB.

No, #78a9f9 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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