#78c3cb

Color #78c3cb

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.74 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#78c3cb

RGB

rgb(120, 195, 203)

HSL

hsl(185.8, 44.4%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.8, 40.9%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(74.4, -21.2, -11.34)

LCH

lch(74.4, 24.04, 208.14)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.0753, 204.39)

HWB

hwb(185.8, 47.1%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb8078

Analogous

#78cba9

#78c3cb

#7899cb

Triadic

#78c3cb

#cb78c3

#c3cb78

Split-complementary

#78c3cb

#cb7899

#cba978

Tetradic

#78c3cb

#8078cb

#cb8078

#c3cb78

Square

#78c3cb

#a978cb

#cb8078

#99cb78

Shades

Color #78c3cb mixed toward black.

#51b2bc

#3c929b

#2d6e75

#1e494e

#0f2527

Tints

Color #78c3cb mixed toward white.

#8ecdd4

#a5d7dc

#bbe1e5

#d2ebee

#e8f5f6

Tones

Color #78c3cb mixed toward gray.

#7fbdc4

#86b8bd

#8db2b6

#94adaf

#9aa7a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9fc9 · ΔE 25.1

Deuteranopia

#9a94c9 · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#7dc8c7 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78c3cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78c3cb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#78c3cb (#78c3cb) is rgb(120, 195, 203) in RGB.

No, #78c3cb 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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