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Colour

#78A4EF

  • #78A4EF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#78A4EF is a blue with RGB values 120, 164, 239 and HSL 218°, 79%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#78A4EF#78A4EF
HEX#78A4EF
RGBrgb(120, 164, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.6431, 0.9373
RGB percentages47.1%, 64.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(217.8, 78.8%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.8, 49.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK49.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,906,543
CSS custom property--colour: #78A4EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.36:1
Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#875B10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87A9F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#799EEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#41B4BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.6Steel blue · ΔE 20.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 23Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.8Light skyblue · ΔE 24.8Light steelblue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFC378
Analogous#78DFEF, #8878EF
Triadic#EF78A4, #A4EF78
Split complementary#EF8878, #DFEF78
Tetradic#EF78DF, #EFC378, #78EF88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D3E1FA
Lighter +10%#A6C3F4
Darker −10%#4A85EA
Darker −20%#1D67E4
Darker −30%#1652B8
Darker −40%#103E8B
More saturated +25%#68A0FF
Less saturated −25%#8BA9DC

Channel breakdown

R120
G164
B239
Red120 (47.1%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue217.82°
Saturation (HSL)78.81%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G A4 · B EF

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