#78aea7

Color #78aea7

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.17 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#78aea7

RGB

rgb(120, 174, 167)

HSL

hsl(172.2, 25%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.2, 31%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 0%, 4%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.32, -19.24, -2.09)

LCH

lch(67.32, 19.35, 186.2)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0577, 185.87)

HWB

hwb(172.2, 47.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae787f

Analogous

#78ae8c

#78aea7

#789aae

Triadic

#78aea7

#a778ae

#aea778

Split-complementary

#78aea7

#ae789a

#ae8c78

Tetradic

#78aea7

#787fae

#ae787f

#aea778

Square

#78aea7

#8c78ae

#ae787f

#9aae78

Shades

Color #78aea7 mixed toward black.

#5c9991

#497a74

#375c57

#253d3a

#121f1d

Tints

Color #78aea7 mixed toward white.

#8ebbb6

#a5c9c4

#bbd6d3

#d2e4e2

#e8f1f0

Tones

Color #78aea7 mixed toward gray.

#7ca9a4

#81a5a0

#85a09d

#8a9c9a

#8e9796

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393a9 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#8f8ba9 · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#7baaaa · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78aea7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78aea7]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#78aea7 (#78aea7) is rgb(120, 174, 167) in RGB.

No, #78aea7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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