#78e0ff

Color #78e0ff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 9.22 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#78e0ff

RGB

rgb(120, 224, 255)

HSL

hsl(193.8, 100%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.8, 52.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(84.24, -21.95, -24.32)

LCH

lch(84.24, 32.76, 227.93)

OKLCH

oklch(85.5%, 0.1057, 219.63)

HWB

hwb(193.8, 47.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff9778

Analogous

#78ffdb

#78e0ff

#789cff

Triadic

#78e0ff

#ff78e0

#e0ff78

Split-complementary

#78e0ff

#ff789c

#ffdb78

Tetradic

#78e0ff

#9778ff

#ff9778

#e0ff78

Square

#78e0ff

#db78ff

#ff9778

#9cff78

Shades

Color #78e0ff mixed toward black.

#39d2ff

#00c0fa

#0090bb

#00607d

#00303e

Tints

Color #78e0ff mixed toward white.

#8ee5ff

#a5eaff

#bbefff

#d2f5ff

#e8faff

Tones

Color #78e0ff mixed toward gray.

#83daf4

#8ed4e8

#9acedd

#a5c8d2

#b0c2c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afb0f8 · ΔE 24.7

Deuteranopia

#a9a1f6 · ΔE 27.3

Tritanopia

#80f2f1 · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#d2d2d2 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78e0ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78e0ff]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#78e0ff (#78e0ff) is rgb(120, 224, 255) in RGB.

No, #78e0ff 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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