#78adeb

Color #78adeb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.49 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#78adeb

RGB

rgb(120, 173, 235)

HSL

hsl(212.3, 74.2%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.3, 48.9%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 26.4%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(69.38, -0.72, -36.43)

LCH

lch(69.38, 36.44, 268.87)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.1065, 253.03)

HWB

hwb(212.3, 47.1%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebb678

Analogous

#78e7eb

#78adeb

#7c78eb

Triadic

#78adeb

#eb78ad

#adeb78

Split-complementary

#78adeb

#eb7c78

#e7eb78

Tetradic

#78adeb

#b678eb

#ebb678

#adeb78

Square

#78adeb

#eb78e7

#ebb678

#78eb7c

Shades

Color #78adeb mixed toward black.

#448ee3

#1f70ce

#17549b

#0f3867

#081c34

Tints

Color #78adeb mixed toward white.

#8ebbee

#a5c8f2

#bbd6f5

#d2e4f8

#e8f1fc

Tones

Color #78adeb mixed toward gray.

#82aee1

#8bafd8

#95afce

#9eb0c5

#a8b1bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292de · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#8f8bdb · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#7bd3d1 · ΔE 23.4

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78adeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78adeb]

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Frequently asked questions

#78adeb (#78adeb) is rgb(120, 173, 235) in RGB.

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

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