#78beb6

Color #78beb6

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.78 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#78beb6

RGB

rgb(120, 190, 182)

HSL

hsl(173.1, 35%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.1, 36.8%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.8%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(72.36, -23.85, -2.93)

LCH

lch(72.36, 24.03, 187)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0718, 186.64)

HWB

hwb(173.1, 47.1%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be7880

Analogous

#78be93

#78beb6

#78a3be

Triadic

#78beb6

#b678be

#beb678

Split-complementary

#78beb6

#be78a3

#be9378

Tetradic

#78beb6

#7880be

#be7880

#beb678

Square

#78beb6

#9378be

#be7880

#a3be78

Shades

Color #78beb6 mixed toward black.

#55ada3

#438c83

#326962

#224642

#112321

Tints

Color #78beb6 mixed toward white.

#8fc9c2

#a5d4ce

#bcdfda

#d2e9e7

#e9f4f3

Tones

Color #78beb6 mixed toward gray.

#7eb8b1

#84b2ad

#8aada9

#8fa7a4

#95a1a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cb8 · ΔE 26.2

Deuteranopia

#9792b8 · ΔE 29.2

Tritanopia

#7dbaba · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78beb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78beb6]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#78beb6 (#78beb6) is rgb(120, 190, 182) in RGB.

No, #78beb6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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