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Recognised as Colour

#78C7FF

  • #78C7FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#78C7FF is a blue with RGB values 120, 199, 255 and HSL 205°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#78C7FF#78C7FF
HEX#78C7FF
RGBrgb(120, 199, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.7804, 1
RGB percentages47.1%, 78%, 100%
HSLhsl(204.9, 100%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.9, 52.9%, 100%)
CMYK52.9%, 22%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,915,519
CSS custom property--colour: #78C7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.41:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#873800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEC7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CB9FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#1ED5DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.4Sky blue · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 21.2Light blue · ΔE 24.4Steel blue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFB078
Analogous#78FFF4, #7883FF
Triadic#FF78C7, #C7FF78
Split complementary#FF7883, #FFF478
Tetradic#F478FF, #FFB078, #84FF78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEF1FF
Lighter +10%#ABDCFF
Darker −10%#45B2FF
Darker −20%#129DFF
Darker −30%#0082DE
Darker −40%#0064AB
More saturated +25%#78C7FF
Less saturated −25%#89C4EE

Channel breakdown

R120
G199
B255
Red120 (47.1%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue204.89°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G C7 · B FF

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