#78b1c5

Color #78b1c5

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.48 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#78b1c5

RGB

rgb(120, 177, 197)

HSL

hsl(195.6, 39.9%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.6, 39.1%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(69.09, -13.42, -16.04)

LCH

lch(69.09, 20.91, 230.08)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.0659, 221.99)

HWB

hwb(195.6, 47.1%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c58c78

Analogous

#78c5b3

#78b1c5

#788bc5

Triadic

#78b1c5

#c578b1

#b1c578

Split-complementary

#78b1c5

#c5788b

#c5b378

Tetradic

#78b1c5

#8c78c5

#c58c78

#b1c578

Square

#78b1c5

#b378c5

#c58c78

#8bc578

Shades

Color #78b1c5 mixed toward black.

#539cb5

#407e94

#305e6f

#203f4a

#101f25

Tints

Color #78b1c5 mixed toward white.

#8fbecf

#a5cbd8

#bcd8e2

#d2e5ec

#e9f2f5

Tones

Color #78b1c5 mixed toward gray.

#7faebf

#85abb8

#8ba8b2

#92a5ab

#98a2a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495c0 · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#918cbf · ΔE 22

Tritanopia

#7cbdbc · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78b1c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78b1c5]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#78b1c5 (#78b1c5) is rgb(120, 177, 197) in RGB.

No, #78b1c5 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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