#78958e

Color #78958e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.3 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#78958e

RGB

rgb(120, 149, 142)

HSL

hsl(165.5, 12%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(165.5, 19.5%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 4.7%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(59.38, -11.65, 0.33)

LCH

lch(59.38, 11.65, 178.38)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0342, 178.83)

HWB

hwb(165.5, 47.1%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95787f

Analogous

#78957f

#78958e

#788d95

Triadic

#78958e

#8e7895

#958e78

Split-complementary

#78958e

#95788d

#957f78

Tetradic

#78958e

#787f95

#95787f

#958e78

Square

#78958e

#7f7895

#95787f

#8d9578

Shades

Color #78958e mixed toward black.

#637d77

#4f645f

#3b4b47

#273230

#141918

Tints

Color #78958e mixed toward white.

#8ea7a1

#a5b8b4

#bbcac6

#d2dcd9

#e8edec

Tones

Color #78958e mixed toward gray.

#7a928d

#7d908b

#7f8e8a

#828b89

#848988

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868690 · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#848290 · ΔE 18.6

Tritanopia

#7a9191 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78958e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78958e]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#78958e (#78958e) is rgb(120, 149, 142) in RGB.

No, #78958e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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