#078afb Color Information

#078afb Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #078afb. In RGB, it consists of 2.7% Red, 54.1% Green, and 98.4% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 97.2% Cyan, 45% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 1.6% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 207.8°, with saturation of 96.8% and lightness of 50.6%. The decimal value for #078afb is 494331, and its nearest "web safe" color is #0099ff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #078afb is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is cyan. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#078afb Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color7, 138, 251 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color2.7%, 54.1%, 98.4% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.973, 0.459, 0.016 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.972, 0.45, 0, 0.016 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color207.8°, 96.8%, 50.6% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color207.8°, 97.2%, 98.4% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color26.589, 25.187, 94.727 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color7, 92, 251 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code494331 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color57.257, 11.242, -64.621 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)57.257, 65.592, 279.869 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color57.257, -32.293, -103.560 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color50.187, 6.741, -76.778 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.181, 0.172, 25.187 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4278684411 / 0xff078afb Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#0099ff Copy
Last Updated: February 28, 2025

Shades of #078afb

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #078afb, its pure hue is 207.8° on the color wheel and its saturation is 96.8%, and its lightness is 50.6%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #078afb, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #01111f to #0679dc.

Tints of #078afb

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #078afb, its pure hue is 207.8° on the color wheel and its saturation is 96.8%, and its lightness is 50.6%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #078afb, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #2699fc to #e0f0ff.

Tones of #078afb

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #078afb, its pure hue is 207.8° on the color wheel and its saturation is 96.8%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #078afb, which range from #818181 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #038aff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #078afb

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #078afb! For #078afb, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #078afb. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #078afb

This color, #078afb, consists of 2.7% Red, 54.1% Green, and 98.4% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 7, Green = 138, Blue = 251. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #078afb is 97.2% Cyan, 45% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 1.6% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R2.7%
C97.2%
G54.1%
M45.0%
B98.4%
Y0.0%
K1.6%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 7 138 251
Octal 7 212 373
Hexa #07 #8a #fb
Binary 00000111 10001010 11111011
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 97 45 0 1
Octal 141 55 0 1
Hexa #61 #2d #00 #01
Binary 01100001 00101101 00000000 00000001

Analogous Colors of #078afb

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #078afb — which has hue 207.8° — its analogous colors are located at 177.8° and 237.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #078afb.

Triadic Colors of #078afb

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #078afb — which has hue 207.8° — its triadic colors are located at 87.8° and 327.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #078afb.

Complementary Color of #078afb

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #078afb — which has hue 207.8° — its complementary color is located at 27.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #078afb.

Split Complementary Colors of #078afb

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #078afb — which has hue 207.8° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 57.8° and 357.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #078afb.

Tetradic Colors of #078afb

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #078afb — which has hue 207.8° — its tetradic colors are located at 117.8°, 207.8°, 297.8°, and 27.8° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #078afb.

Monochromatic Colors of #078afb

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #078afb, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #034781 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #82c5fe (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #078afb

We want to make getting started with #078afb on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #078afb into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #078afb can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #078afb with other HTML elements.

#078afb Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #078afb.
<span style="color: #078afb;">The color of this text is #078afb.</span>

#078afb Background Color

The background color for this text is #078afb.
<div style="background-color: #078afb; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #078afb.</div>

#078afb Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #078afb.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #078afb;">This color for the shadow of this text is #078afb.</span>

#078afb Border Color

This is a div with border color #078afb.
<div style="border: #078afb 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #078afb.</div>

#078afb Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #078afb on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #078afb; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #078afb on a white background.</div></div>

#078afb Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #078afb on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #078afb; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #078afb on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #078afb to White

This is a gradient from #078afb to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#078afb,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#078afb,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#078afb,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#078afb,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #078afb to white.</div>

Gradient from #078afb to Black

This is a gradient from #078afb to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#078afb,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#078afb,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#078afb,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#078afb,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #078afb to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #078afb

In addition to using #078afb on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #078afb in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #078afb, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 7, Green = 138, Blue = 251). If you need details about the color coordinates of #078afb in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #078afb
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(7, 138, 251)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #078afb; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #078afb; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #078afb; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(7, 138, 251);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#078afb")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:7, green:138, blue:251, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:7 green:138 blue:251 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(7f, 138f, 251f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(7, 138, 251);
 

#078afb Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #078afb the same way. For those with color blindness, #078afb might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #078afb looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #078afb is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #078afb looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #078afb will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #078afb is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 3.5:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #078afb would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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