#789696

Color #789696

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.15 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#789696

RGB

rgb(120, 150, 150)

HSL

hsl(180, 12.5%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 20%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(20%, 0%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(59.89, -10.42, -3.46)

LCH

lch(59.89, 10.98, 198.37)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0336, 196.44)

HWB

hwb(180, 47.1%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#967878

Analogous

#789687

#789696

#788796

Triadic

#789696

#967896

#969678

Split-complementary

#789696

#967887

#968778

Tetradic

#789696

#787896

#967878

#969678

Square

#789696

#877896

#967878

#879678

Shades

Color #789696 mixed toward black.

#627e7e

#4f6565

#3b4c4c

#273333

#141919

Tints

Color #789696 mixed toward white.

#8ea7a7

#a5b9b9

#bbcaca

#d2dcdc

#e8eded

Tones

Color #789696 mixed toward gray.

#7a9393

#7d9191

#7f8e8e

#828c8c

#848989

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868696 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#848296 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#7a9696 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #789696;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#789696]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#789696 (#789696) is rgb(120, 150, 150) in RGB.

No, #789696 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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