#78aff7

Color #78aff7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.93 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#78aff7

RGB

rgb(120, 175, 247)

HSL

hsl(214, 88.8%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214, 51.4%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(70.43, 1.7, -41.32)

LCH

lch(70.43, 41.35, 272.36)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.1199, 255.56)

HWB

hwb(214, 47.1%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f7c078

Analogous

#78eff7

#78aff7

#8178f7

Triadic

#78aff7

#f778af

#aff778

Split-complementary

#78aff7

#f78178

#eff778

Tetradic

#78aff7

#c078f7

#f7c078

#aff778

Square

#78aff7

#f778ef

#f7c078

#78f781

Shades

Color #78aff7 mixed toward black.

#3e8df4

#0e6ce7

#0a51ad

#073674

#031b3a

Tints

Color #78aff7 mixed toward white.

#8fbcf8

#a5cafa

#bcd7fb

#d2e4fc

#e9f2fe

Tones

Color #78aff7 mixed toward gray.

#83b1ec

#8db2e2

#98b3d7

#a2b5cd

#adb6c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9394e8 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#908be5 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#7cdcd9 · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 21.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #78aff7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78aff7]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#78aff7 (#78aff7) is rgb(120, 175, 247) in RGB.

No, #78aff7 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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