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Recognised as Colour

#78BAF8

  • #78BAF8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#78BAF8 is a blue with RGB values 120, 186, 248 and HSL 209°, 90%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#78BAF8#78BAF8
HEX#78BAF8
RGBrgb(120, 186, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.7294, 0.9725
RGB percentages47.1%, 72.9%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(209.1, 90.1%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.1, 51.6%, 97.3%)
CMYK51.6%, 25%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,912,184
CSS custom property--colour: #78BAF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.18:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#874507

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0BCFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#90AFF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#31C9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.6Sky blue · ΔE 20Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.5Steel blue · ΔE 21.6Light steelblue · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8B678
Analogous#78F8F6, #787AF8
Triadic#F878BA, #BAF878
Split complementary#F8787A, #F8F678
Tetradic#F678F8, #F8B678, #7AF878

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9ECFD
Lighter +10%#A8D3FB
Darker −10%#48A1F5
Darker −20%#1788F3
Darker −30%#0B6FCC
Darker −40%#08549C
More saturated +25%#71BAFF
Less saturated −25%#8AB9E6

Channel breakdown

R120
G186
B248
Red120 (47.1%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue209.06°
Saturation (HSL)90.14%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G BA · B F8

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