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Recognised as Colour

#78B6EC

  • #78B6EC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#78B6EC is a blue with RGB values 120, 182, 236 and HSL 208°, 75%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#78B6EC#78B6EC
HEX#78B6EC
RGBrgb(120, 182, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.7137, 0.9255
RGB percentages47.1%, 71.4%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(207.9, 75.3%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.9, 49.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK49.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,911,148
CSS custom property--colour: #78B6EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.7:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#874913

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0B7EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#90ABEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Tritanopia#3FC3C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.5Sky blue · ΔE 16.8Light steelblue · ΔE 19.5Steel blue · ΔE 19.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECAE78
Analogous#78ECE8, #787CEC
Triadic#EC78B6, #B6EC78
Split complementary#EC787C, #ECE878
Tetradic#E878EC, #ECAE78, #7CEC78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#D1E6F9
Lighter +10%#A5CEF2
Darker −10%#4B9EE6
Darker −20%#1F86DF
Darker −30%#196BB2
Darker −40%#135085
More saturated +25%#65B7FF
Less saturated −25%#8BB5D9

Channel breakdown

R120
G182
B236
Red120 (47.1%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue207.93°
Saturation (HSL)75.32%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G B6 · B EC

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