#78b5cb

Color #78b5cb

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 9.68 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#78b5cb

RGB

rgb(120, 181, 203)

HSL

hsl(195.9, 44.4%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.9, 40.9%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(70.42, -13.97, -17.32)

LCH

lch(70.42, 22.25, 231.11)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0703, 222.7)

HWB

hwb(195.9, 47.1%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb8e78

Analogous

#78cbb7

#78b5cb

#788bcb

Triadic

#78b5cb

#cb78b5

#b5cb78

Split-complementary

#78b5cb

#cb788b

#cbb778

Tetradic

#78b5cb

#8e78cb

#cb8e78

#b5cb78

Square

#78b5cb

#b778cb

#cb8e78

#8bcb78

Shades

Color #78b5cb mixed toward black.

#51a0bc

#3c829b

#2d6275

#1e414e

#0f2127

Tints

Color #78b5cb mixed toward white.

#8ec1d4

#a5cedc

#bbdae5

#d2e6ee

#e8f3f6

Tones

Color #78b5cb mixed toward gray.

#7fb2c4

#86aebd

#8dabb6

#94a8af

#9aa5a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

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

#9697c6 · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#938ec5 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#7cc2c1 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78b5cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78b5cb]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#78b5cb (#78b5cb) is rgb(120, 181, 203) in RGB.

No, #78b5cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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