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Recognised as Colour

#78CEFD

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

#78CEFD is a blue with RGB values 120, 206, 253 and HSL 201°, 97%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#78CEFD#78CEFD
HEX#78CEFD
RGBrgb(120, 206, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8078, 0.9922
RGB percentages47.1%, 80.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(201.2, 97.1%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.2, 52.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK52.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,917,309
CSS custom property--colour: #78CEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.05:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#873102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8CCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5BEFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#1EDBDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 3.6Sky blue · ΔE 9.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 14Light steelblue · ΔE 19.9Light blue · ΔE 20.2Powder blue · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 3.57, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDA778
Analogous#78FDEA, #788BFD
Triadic#FD78CE, #CEFD78
Split complementary#FD788B, #FDEA78
Tetradic#EA78FD, #FDA778, #8CFD78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDF2FE
Lighter +10%#AAE0FE
Darker −10%#46BCFC
Darker −20%#13AAFC
Darker −30%#038DD9
Darker −40%#026DA7
More saturated +25%#76CFFF
Less saturated −25%#89C9EC

Channel breakdown

R120
G206
B253
Red120 (47.1%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue201.2°
Saturation (HSL)97.08%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G CE · B FD

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