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#78CDFD

#78cdfd ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#78cdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.06% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.57% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 201.65°, with 97.08% saturation and 73.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 1.71.

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Relative luminance0.5475

Complementary

  1. #78cdfd
  2. #fda878

Split complementary

  1. #78cdfd
  2. #fd788b
  3. #fdea78

Analogous

  1. #78fdea
  2. #78cdfd
  3. #788bfd

Triadic

  1. #78cdfd
  2. #fd78cd
  3. #cdfd78

Tetradic

  1. #78cdfd
  2. #a878fd
  3. #fda878
  4. #cdfd78

Square

  1. #78cdfd
  2. #ea78fd
  3. #fda878
  4. #8bfd78

Monochromatic

  1. #038cd9
  2. #2db1fc
  3. #78cdfd
  4. #c3e9fe
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#78cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #78cdfd
  2. #6cb9e4
  3. #60a4ca
  4. #5490b1
  5. #487b98
  6. #3c677f
  7. #305265
  8. #243e4c
  9. #182933
  10. #0c1519
  11. #000000

Tints

#78cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #78cdfd
  2. #86d2fd
  3. #93d7fd
  4. #a1dcfe
  5. #aee1fe
  6. #bce6fe
  7. #c9ebfe
  8. #d7f0fe
  9. #e4f5ff
  10. #f2faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#78cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #78cdfd
  2. #79c5f1
  3. #7abee4
  4. #7ab6d8
  5. #7baecb
  6. #7ca7bf
  7. #7d9fb2
  8. #7e97a6
  9. #7e8f99
  10. #7f888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aac7dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6cbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4bdfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1fdadd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1ccfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94c4fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #51d5ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-78cdfd {
  color: #78cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-78cdfd {
  background-color: #78cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-78cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #78cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #78cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 120 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 97% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-78cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #78cdfd, #788bfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-78cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(120 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 1.71 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.66 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.74 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.86 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.35 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.89 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.37 #873202 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#78cdfd  rgb(120, 205, 253)  hsl(202, 97%, 73%)  Light Sky Blue
#fda878  rgb(253, 168, 120)  hsl(22, 97%, 73%)  Light Salmon
#fd78cd  rgb(253, 120, 205)  hsl(322, 97%, 73%)  Rose Pink
#cdfd78  rgb(205, 253, 120)  hsl(82, 97%, 73%)  Inchworm