#78a19c

Color #78a19c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.53 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#78a19c

RGB

rgb(120, 161, 156)

HSL

hsl(172.7, 17.9%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.7, 25.5%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 0%, 3.1%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(63.25, -14.97, -1.93)

LCH

lch(63.25, 15.09, 187.35)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0452, 186.86)

HWB

hwb(172.7, 47.1%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1787d

Analogous

#78a188

#78a19c

#7891a1

Triadic

#78a19c

#9c78a1

#a19c78

Split-complementary

#78a19c

#a17891

#a18878

Tetradic

#78a19c

#787da1

#a1787d

#a19c78

Square

#78a19c

#8878a1

#a1787d

#91a178

Shades

Color #78a19c mixed toward black.

#608a85

#4d6e6a

#3a5350

#263735

#131c1b

Tints

Color #78a19c mixed toward white.

#8fb1ad

#a5c0bd

#bcd0ce

#d2e0de

#e9efef

Tones

Color #78a19c mixed toward gray.

#7b9e99

#7f9a97

#829794

#869392

#89908f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c9d · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#89869e · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#7a9e9e · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a19c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a19c]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#78a19c (#78a19c) is rgb(120, 161, 156) in RGB.

No, #78a19c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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