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#78E3F2

#78e3f2 ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#78e3f2 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.06% red, 89.02% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.41% cyan, 6.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 187.38°, with 82.43% saturation and 70.98% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 5.84.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.6534

Complementary

  1. #78e3f2
  2. #f28778

Split complementary

  1. #78e3f2
  2. #f278a6
  3. #f2c478

Analogous

  1. #78f2c4
  2. #78e3f2
  3. #78a6f2

Triadic

  1. #78e3f2
  2. #f278e3
  3. #e3f278

Tetradic

  1. #78e3f2
  2. #8778f2
  3. #f28778
  4. #e3f278

Square

  1. #78e3f2
  2. #c478f2
  3. #f28778
  4. #a6f278

Monochromatic

  1. #12a9bf
  2. #32d5eb
  3. #78e3f2
  4. #bef1f9
  5. #ecfbfd

Shades

#78e3f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #78e3f2
  2. #6cccda
  3. #60b6c2
  4. #549fa9
  5. #488891
  6. #3c7279
  7. #305b61
  8. #244449
  9. #182d30
  10. #0c1718
  11. #000000

Tints

#78e3f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #78e3f2
  2. #86e6f3
  3. #93e9f5
  4. #a1ebf6
  5. #aeeef7
  6. #bcf1f9
  7. #c9f4fa
  8. #d7f7fb
  9. #e4f9fc
  10. #f2fcfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#78e3f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #78e3f2
  2. #79d9e7
  3. #7acfdb
  4. #7ac5d0
  5. #7bbbc4
  6. #7cb2b9
  7. #7da8ae
  8. #7e9ea2
  9. #7e9497
  10. #7f8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6dae0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4dcf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0cdf2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #25ebe7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6dff3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8d6f2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #53e8ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-78e3f2 {
  color: #78e3f2;
}
Background
.bg-78e3f2 {
  background-color: #78e3f2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-78e3f2 {
  border: 2px solid #78e3f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #78e3f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 120 227 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 187 82% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-78e3f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #78e3f2, #78a6f2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-78e3f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(120 227 242 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.84 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.86 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.52 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.94 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.62 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 8.68 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.25 #871c0d Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#78e3f2  rgb(120, 227, 242)  hsl(187, 82%, 71%)  Electric Blue
#f28778  rgb(242, 135, 120)  hsl(7, 82%, 71%)  Salmon
#f278e3  rgb(242, 120, 227)  hsl(307, 82%, 71%)  Violet
#e3f278  rgb(227, 242, 120)  hsl(67, 82%, 71%)  Pastel Yellow