#78ebef

Color #78ebef

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 12.07 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#78ebef

RGB

rgb(120, 235, 239)

HSL

hsl(182, 78.8%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182, 49.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.8%, 1.7%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(86.82, -31.57, -12)

LCH

lch(86.82, 33.77, 200.81)

OKLCH

oklch(87.4%, 0.1049, 198.4)

HWB

hwb(182, 47.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ef7c78

Analogous

#78efb7

#78ebef

#78b0ef

Triadic

#78ebef

#ef78eb

#ebef78

Split-complementary

#78ebef

#ef78b0

#efb778

Tetradic

#78ebef

#7c78ef

#ef7c78

#ebef78

Square

#78ebef

#b778ef

#ef7c78

#b0ef78

Shades

Color #78ebef mixed toward black.

#43e3e9

#19d0d6

#139ca0

#0d686b

#063435

Tints

Color #78ebef mixed toward white.

#8feef2

#a5f2f4

#bcf5f7

#d2f8fa

#e9fcfc

Tones

Color #78ebef mixed toward gray.

#82e2e5

#8cd9db

#96cfd1

#a0c6c7

#aabdbd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b7ee · ΔE 29.1

Deuteranopia

#afa6ee · ΔE 32.7

Tritanopia

#81eded · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#d9d9d9 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78ebef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78ebef]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#78ebef (#78ebef) is rgb(120, 235, 239) in RGB.

No, #78ebef 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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