#78b7dd

Color #78b7dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 8.72 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#78b7dd

RGB

rgb(120, 183, 221)

HSL

hsl(202.6, 59.8%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.6, 45.7%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(71.61, -10.17, -25.36)

LCH

lch(71.61, 27.32, 248.15)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0848, 236.01)

HWB

hwb(202.6, 47.1%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd9e78

Analogous

#78ddd1

#78b7dd

#7885dd

Triadic

#78b7dd

#dd78b7

#b7dd78

Split-complementary

#78b7dd

#dd7885

#ddd178

Tetradic

#78b7dd

#9e78dd

#dd9e78

#b7dd78

Square

#78b7dd

#d178dd

#dd9e78

#85dd78

Shades

Color #78b7dd mixed toward black.

#4b9fd2

#2e83b6

#226288

#17415b

#0b212d

Tints

Color #78b7dd mixed toward white.

#8fc3e3

#a5cfe8

#bcdbee

#d2e7f4

#e9f3f9

Tones

Color #78b7dd mixed toward gray.

#81b5d5

#89b3cc

#91b1c4

#9aafbb

#a2adb3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798d5 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#948fd3 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#7ccecc · ΔE 16.2

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 17.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #78b7dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78b7dd]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#78b7dd (#78b7dd) is rgb(120, 183, 221) in RGB.

No, #78b7dd 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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