#78bcbe

Color #78bcbe

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.94 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#78bcbe

RGB

rgb(120, 188, 190)

HSL

hsl(181.7, 35%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.7, 36.8%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(72.01, -20.91, -7.82)

LCH

lch(72.01, 22.32, 200.5)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0688, 198.2)

HWB

hwb(181.7, 47.1%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be7a78

Analogous

#78be9d

#78bcbe

#7899be

Triadic

#78bcbe

#be78bc

#bcbe78

Split-complementary

#78bcbe

#be7899

#be9d78

Tetradic

#78bcbe

#7a78be

#be7a78

#bcbe78

Square

#78bcbe

#9d78be

#be7a78

#99be78

Shades

Color #78bcbe mixed toward black.

#55abad

#43898c

#326769

#224546

#112223

Tints

Color #78bcbe mixed toward white.

#8fc7c9

#a5d2d4

#bcdedf

#d2e9e9

#e9f4f4

Tones

Color #78bcbe mixed toward gray.

#7eb7b8

#84b1b2

#8aacad

#8fa6a7

#95a1a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9bbe · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#9691bd · ΔE 27.6

Tritanopia

#7dbdbd · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78bcbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78bcbe]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#78bcbe (#78bcbe) is rgb(120, 188, 190) in RGB.

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

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