#78cfe2

Color #78cfe2

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 7.47 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#78cfe2

RGB

rgb(120, 207, 226)

HSL

hsl(190.8, 64.6%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.8, 46.9%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(78.52, -21.28, -17.55)

LCH

lch(78.52, 27.58, 219.51)

OKLCH

oklch(80.7%, 0.088, 213.37)

HWB

hwb(190.8, 47.1%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e28b78

Analogous

#78e2c0

#78cfe2

#789ae2

Triadic

#78cfe2

#e278cf

#cfe278

Split-complementary

#78cfe2

#e2789a

#e2c078

Tetradic

#78cfe2

#8b78e2

#e28b78

#cfe278

Square

#78cfe2

#c078e2

#e28b78

#9ae278

Shades

Color #78cfe2 mixed toward black.

#48bed8

#29a3be

#1f7a8e

#14515f

#0a292f

Tints

Color #78cfe2 mixed toward white.

#8ed7e7

#a5dfec

#bbe7f0

#d2eff5

#e8f7fa

Tones

Color #78cfe2 mixed toward gray.

#81c9d9

#8ac4d0

#92bec7

#9bb8bf

#a4b3b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a6de · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#a099dd · ΔE 26.6

Tritanopia

#7edad9 · ΔE 8

Achromatopsia

#c2c2c2 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78cfe2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78cfe2]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#78cfe2 (#78cfe2) is rgb(120, 207, 226) in RGB.

No, #78cfe2 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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