#78ecff

Color #78ecff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 15.45 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#78ecff

RGB

rgb(120, 236, 255)

HSL

hsl(188.4, 100%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.4, 52.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.9%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(87.58, -27.85, -19.25)

LCH

lch(87.58, 33.86, 214.65)

OKLCH

oklch(88.2%, 0.1082, 209.46)

HWB

hwb(188.4, 47.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff8b78

Analogous

#78ffce

#78ecff

#78a9ff

Triadic

#78ecff

#ff78ec

#ecff78

Split-complementary

#78ecff

#ff78a9

#ffce78

Tetradic

#78ecff

#8b78ff

#ff8b78

#ecff78

Square

#78ecff

#ce78ff

#ff8b78

#a9ff78

Shades

Color #78ecff mixed toward black.

#39e3ff

#00d7fa

#00a1bb

#006b7d

#00363e

Tints

Color #78ecff mixed toward white.

#8eefff

#a5f2ff

#bbf6ff

#d2f9ff

#e8fcff

Tones

Color #78ecff mixed toward gray.

#83e4f4

#8edce8

#9ad4dd

#a5ccd2

#b0c4c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b7fb · ΔE 27.7

Deuteranopia

#b0a6fa · ΔE 30.9

Tritanopia

#81f7f6 · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78ecff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78ecff]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#78ecff (#78ecff) is rgb(120, 236, 255) in RGB.

No, #78ecff 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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