#78c6df

Color #78c6df

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 4.46 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#78c6df

RGB

rgb(120, 198, 223)

HSL

hsl(194.6, 61.7%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.6, 46.2%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(75.89, -17.5, -19.93)

LCH

lch(75.89, 26.52, 228.71)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0846, 220.54)

HWB

hwb(194.6, 47.1%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#df9178

Analogous

#78dfc5

#78c6df

#7893df

Triadic

#78c6df

#df78c6

#c6df78

Split-complementary

#78c6df

#df7893

#dfc578

Tetradic

#78c6df

#9178df

#df9178

#c6df78

Square

#78c6df

#c578df

#df9178

#93df78

Shades

Color #78c6df mixed toward black.

#4ab2d4

#2c97b9

#21718b

#164b5d

#0b262e

Tints

Color #78c6df mixed toward white.

#8fd0e4

#a5d9ea

#bce3ef

#d2ecf4

#e9f6fa

Tones

Color #78c6df mixed toward gray.

#81c2d6

#89bdce

#92b9c5

#9ab4bd

#a3b0b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a1d9 · ΔE 22.1

Deuteranopia

#9b95d8 · ΔE 23.9

Tritanopia

#7dd5d4 · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 18.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #78c6df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78c6df]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#78c6df (#78c6df) is rgb(120, 198, 223) in RGB.

No, #78c6df 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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