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Recognised as Colour

#78A0EC

  • #78A0EC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#78A0EC is a blue with RGB values 120, 160, 236 and HSL 219°, 75%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#78A0EC#78A0EC
HEX#78A0EC
RGBrgb(120, 160, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.6275, 0.9255
RGB percentages47.1%, 62.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(219.3, 75.3%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.3, 49.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK49.2%, 32.2%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,905,516
CSS custom property--colour: #78A0EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#875F13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83A6EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#769BEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#45B0BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.3Steel blue · ΔE 20.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.5Light skyblue · ΔE 26.5Light steelblue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECC478
Analogous#78DAEC, #8A78EC
Triadic#EC78A0, #A0EC78
Split complementary#EC8A78, #DAEC78
Tetradic#EC78DA, #ECC478, #78EC8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#D1DFF9
Lighter +10%#A5BFF2
Darker −10%#4B81E6
Darker −20%#1F61DF
Darker −30%#194EB2
Darker −40%#133A85
More saturated +25%#659AFF
Less saturated −25%#8BA6D9

Channel breakdown

R120
G160
B236
Red120 (47.1%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue219.31°
Saturation (HSL)75.32%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G A0 · B EC

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