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#78909F

#78909Foklch(0.6398 0.0354 235.5)

#78909F (#78909F) is a medium greyish blue, closest to the CSS color lightslategray. In OKLCH it has lightness 64.0%, chroma 0.035 and hue 235.5°; its relative luminance is 26.4%. White text reads best on it (APCA Lc 66, WCAG 3.34:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.5).

#78909F in every format

HEX#78909F
RGBrgb(120 144 159)
HSLhsl(203.1 16.9% 54.7%)
HSB / HSVhsb(203.1 24.5% 62.4%)
HWBhwb(203.1 47.1% 37.6%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(25/9/0/38)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(56/34/28/9)
CIELAB (D50)lab(58.30 -6.20 -10.95)
LChlch(58.30 12.58 240.5)
OKLaboklab(0.6398 -0.0200 -0.0292)
OKLCHoklch(0.6398 0.0354 235.5)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.23976 0.26442 0.36643)
CIE xyYxyY(0.2754 0.3037 0.2644)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.4890 0.5619 0.6173)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 0.18782 0.27889 0.34670)
CSS name—

Text on #78909F

White textWCAG 3.34:1 · APCA Lc 66
Black textWCAG 6.29:1 · APCA Lc 43

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation
#78909Fnormal
#898FA0protanopia
#848B9Fdeuteranopia
#6D9495tritanopia

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held
#D9F3FF
#C2DCEC
#A9C2D2
#90A9B8
#78909F
#617887
#4A616F
#354B58
#203643
#0D222E
#000F1A

Harmonies

hue rotations in OKLCH
Complementary
#78909F
#9E8778
Analogous
#78909F
#739397
#828CA2
Triadic
#78909F
#9F848D
#8B8F77
Split complementary
#78909F
#A18481
#968B74
Tetradic
#78909F
#988598
#9E8778
#7F927F

Similar colors

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Palettes with #78909F

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