All About Color #78B6ED

#78B6ED

About #78B6ED

#78B6ED is a light blue color with the hex code #78B6ED. In RGB it is red 120, green 182, blue 237; in HSL it is hue 208°, saturation 76%, lightness 70%; in CMYK it is 49%, 23%, 0%, 7%. Its contrast ratio is 2.16:1 on white and 9.71:1 on black.

#78B6ED Color Conversion

Hex triplet78, B6, ED
CMYK49.37%, 23.21%, 0.00%, 7.06%
RGB Decimal120, 182, 237
HSL208°, 76%, 70%
RGB Octal170, 266, 355
HSV (HSB)208.21°, 49.37%, 92.94%
RGB Binary1111000, 10110110, 11101101
CIE-L*AB71.94, -5.09, -33.57
RGB Percent47.06%, 71.37%, 92.94%
CIE-L*CH71.94, 33.95, 261.38
XYZ39.76, 43.56, 86.43
CIE-L*UV71.94, -28.86, -53.03
xyY0.23, 0.26, 43.56
Hunter-Lab66.00, -7.98, -31.44
RYB47.06%, 62.95%, 92.94%

Color Accessibility Scores

#78B6ED on a dark background: contrast 9.71:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#78B6ED on a light background: contrast 2.16:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #78B6ED, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#78B6ED · #C9E2F8 · #288BE2 · #EDAF78 · #F8DFC9

Analogous palette

#78EDAF · #78EDE9 · #78B6ED · #787CED · #AF78ED

Triadic palette

#78B6ED · #ED78B6 · #B6ED78 · #C9E2F8 · #F8C9E2

Tetradic palette

#78B6ED · #E978ED · #EDAF78 · #7CED78 · #288BE2

Monochromatic palette

#186BB4 · #3592E3 · #78B6ED · #BCDBF6 · #E9F3FC

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