Information about #78B9DD color
Basic facts about this digital color
A confidently colored steel-blue azure, #78B9DD appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Aero (#7CB9E8). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Seagull (#77B7D0) and Ruddy Blue (#76ABDF).
In RGB terms — rgb(120, 185, 221) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #78B9DD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.1:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#78B9DD color variations
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#78B9DD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#78B9DD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#78B9DD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#78B9DD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#78B9DD color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #78B9DD color
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Nearest named colors to #78B9DD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#7CB9E8
#77B7D0
#76ABDF
#66B7E1
#68B1E2
#7EC0EE
#71B8CA
#88ACE0
#7ECDDD
#6CB4EE
#8BB9E7
#8CBED6
#78B9DD color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#78B9DD
- RGB120, 185, 221
- CMYK40, 14, 0, 13
- CSSrgb(120, 185, 221)
- HSL201°, 60%, 67%
- HSL Precise201.386°, 59.763%, 66.863%
- HSV201°, 46%, 87%
- HSB201°, 46%, 87%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.725
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.867
- GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.725, 0.867)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.725, 0.867, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.725, 0.867)
- Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB72.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB86.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID78B9DD
- DECIMAL ID7911901
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
