#789b9f

Color #789b9f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.73 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#789b9f

RGB

rgb(120, 155, 159)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 16.9%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 24.5%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(61.6, -11.07, -6.04)

LCH

lch(61.6, 12.61, 208.62)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.0391, 204.99)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 47.1%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f7c78

Analogous

#789f90

#789b9f

#78879f

Triadic

#789b9f

#9f789b

#9b9f78

Split-complementary

#789b9f

#9f7887

#9f9078

Tetradic

#789b9f

#7c789f

#9f7c78

#9b9f78

Square

#789b9f

#90789f

#9f7c78

#879f78

Shades

Color #789b9f mixed toward black.

#618488

#4d696d

#3a4f52

#273536

#131a1b

Tints

Color #789b9f mixed toward white.

#8eacaf

#a5bcbf

#bbcdcf

#d2dedf

#e8eeef

Tones

Color #789b9f mixed toward gray.

#7b989c

#7e9698

#829395

#859192

#888e8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#89899e · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#86849e · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#7a9d9d · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #789b9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#789b9f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#789b9f (#789b9f) is rgb(120, 155, 159) in RGB.

No, #789b9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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