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#78E5EA

#78e5ea ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#78e5ea is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.06% red, 89.8% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.72% cyan, 2.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 182.63°, with 73.08% saturation and 69.41% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 4.29.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.6597

Complementary

  1. #78e5ea
  2. #ea7d78

Split complementary

  1. #78e5ea
  2. #ea78ac
  3. #eab678

Analogous

  1. #78eab6
  2. #78e5ea
  3. #78acea

Triadic

  1. #78e5ea
  2. #ea78e5
  3. #e5ea78

Tetradic

  1. #78e5ea
  2. #7d78ea
  3. #ea7d78
  4. #e5ea78

Square

  1. #78e5ea
  2. #b678ea
  3. #ea7d78
  4. #acea78

Monochromatic

  1. #1ba7ae
  2. #36d8e0
  3. #78e5ea
  4. #baf2f4
  5. #edfcfc

Shades

#78e5ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #78e5ea
  2. #6cced3
  3. #60b7bb
  4. #54a0a4
  5. #48898c
  6. #3c7375
  7. #305c5e
  8. #244546
  9. #182e2f
  10. #0c1717
  11. #000000

Tints

#78e5ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #78e5ea
  2. #86e8ec
  3. #93eaee
  4. #a1edf0
  5. #aeeff2
  6. #bcf2f5
  7. #c9f5f7
  8. #d7f7f9
  9. #e4fafb
  10. #f2fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#78e5ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #78e5ea
  2. #79dbdf
  3. #7ad1d5
  4. #7ac7ca
  5. #7bbdc0
  6. #7cb3b5
  7. #7da8aa
  8. #7e9ea0
  9. #7e9495
  10. #7f8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7dbdd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8dceb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5ceeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2fece6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9e0ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abd8ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #56e9e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-78e5ea {
  color: #78e5ea;
}
Background
.bg-78e5ea {
  background-color: #78e5ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-78e5ea {
  border: 2px solid #78e5ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #78e5ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 120 229 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 183 73% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-78e5ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #78e5ea, #78acea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-78e5ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(120 229 234 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.29 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.52 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.10 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.44 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.76 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.76 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.77 #871a15 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#78e5ea  rgb(120, 229, 234)  hsl(183, 73%, 69%)  Electric Blue
#ea7d78  rgb(234, 125, 120)  hsl(3, 73%, 69%)  Light Coral
#ea78e5  rgb(234, 120, 229)  hsl(303, 73%, 69%)  Violet
#e5ea78  rgb(229, 234, 120)  hsl(63, 73%, 69%)  Pastel Yellow