#078b9c

Color #078b9c

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 10.7 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#078b9c

RGB

rgb(7, 139, 156)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 91.4%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 95.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(95.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(52.85, -24.67, -17.87)

LCH

lch(52.85, 30.46, 215.92)

OKLCH

oklch(58.4%, 0.0998, 210.01)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 2.7%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c1807

Analogous

#079c63

#078b9c

#07419c

Triadic

#078b9c

#9c078b

#8b9c07

Split-complementary

#078b9c

#9c0741

#9c6307

Tetradic

#078b9c

#18079c

#9c1807

#8b9c07

Square

#078b9c

#63079c

#9c1807

#419c07

Shades

Color #078b9c mixed toward black.

#067482

#055d68

#04464e

#022e34

#01171a

Tints

Color #078b9c mixed toward white.

#0abdd3

#22ddf5

#59e6f8

#90eefa

#c8f7fd

Tones

Color #078b9c mixed toward gray.

#138290

#207883

#2c6e77

#39656a

#455b5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5f98 · ΔE 27.7

Deuteranopia

#584f97 · ΔE 31.3

Tritanopia

#219594 · ΔE 7.9

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #078b9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#078b9c]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#078b9c (#078b9c) is rgb(7, 139, 156) in RGB.

No, #078b9c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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