#78b9b8

Color #78b9b8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.98 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#78b9b8

RGB

rgb(120, 185, 184)

HSL

hsl(179.1, 31.7%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(179.1, 35.1%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(70.97, -20.85, -6.07)

LCH

lch(70.97, 21.72, 196.23)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0663, 194.58)

HWB

hwb(179.1, 47.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b97879

Analogous

#78b998

#78b9b8

#7899b9

Triadic

#78b9b8

#b878b9

#b9b878

Split-complementary

#78b9b8

#b97899

#b99878

Tetradic

#78b9b8

#7879b9

#b97879

#b9b878

Square

#78b9b8

#9878b9

#b97879

#99b978

Shades

Color #78b9b8 mixed toward black.

#57a7a6

#458685

#346464

#234342

#112121

Tints

Color #78b9b8 mixed toward white.

#8ec5c4

#a5d0d0

#bbdcdc

#d2e8e7

#e8f3f3

Tones

Color #78b9b8 mixed toward gray.

#7db4b3

#83aeae

#88a9a8

#8ea3a3

#939e9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999b8 · ΔE 25.5

Deuteranopia

#9590b8 · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#7cb8b8 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78b9b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78b9b8]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#78b9b8 (#78b9b8) is rgb(120, 185, 184) in RGB.

No, #78b9b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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