All About Color #78BCED

#78BCED

About #78BCED

#78BCED is a light blue color with the hex code #78BCED. In RGB it is red 120, green 188, blue 237; in HSL it is hue 205°, saturation 76%, lightness 70%; in CMYK it is 49%, 21%, 0%, 7%. Its contrast ratio is 2.06:1 on white and 10.21:1 on black.

#78BCED Color Conversion

Hex triplet78, BC, ED
CMYK49.37%, 20.68%, 0.00%, 7.06%
RGB Decimal120, 188, 237
HSL205°, 76%, 70%
RGB Octal170, 274, 355
HSV (HSB)205.13°, 49.37%, 92.94%
RGB Binary1111000, 10111100, 11101101
CIE-L*AB73.59, -8.34, -31.01
RGB Percent47.06%, 73.73%, 92.94%
CIE-L*CH73.59, 32.11, 254.94
XYZ41.02, 46.07, 86.85
CIE-L*UV73.59, -31.15, -48.41
xyY0.24, 0.26, 46.07
Hunter-Lab67.88, -10.93, -28.35
RYB47.06%, 63.92%, 92.94%

Color Accessibility Scores

#78BCED on a dark background: contrast 10.21:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#78BCED on a light background: contrast 2.06:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

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

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#78BCED · #C9E4F8 · #2894E2 · #EDA978 · #F8DDC9

Analogous palette

#78EDA9 · #78EDE3 · #78BCED · #7882ED · #A978ED

Triadic palette

#78BCED · #ED78BC · #BCED78 · #C9E4F8 · #F8C9E4

Tetradic palette

#78BCED · #E378ED · #EDA978 · #82ED78 · #2894E2

Monochromatic palette

#1873B4 · #359BE3 · #78BCED · #BCDEF6 · #E9F4FC

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