#789f99

Color #789f99

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.16 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#789f99

RGB

rgb(120, 159, 153)

HSL

hsl(170.8, 16.9%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.8, 24.5%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(62.58, -14.59, -1.21)

LCH

lch(62.58, 14.64, 184.74)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0435, 184.61)

HWB

hwb(170.8, 47.1%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f787e

Analogous

#789f85

#789f99

#78919f

Triadic

#789f99

#99789f

#9f9978

Split-complementary

#789f99

#9f7891

#9f8578

Tetradic

#789f99

#787e9f

#9f787e

#9f9978

Square

#789f99

#85789f

#9f787e

#919f78

Shades

Color #789f99 mixed toward black.

#618882

#4d6d68

#3a524e

#273634

#131b1a

Tints

Color #789f99 mixed toward white.

#8eafaa

#a5bfbb

#bbcfcc

#d2dfdd

#e8efee

Tones

Color #789f99 mixed toward gray.

#7b9c97

#7e9895

#829592

#859290

#888f8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b9a · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#88859b · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#7a9c9c · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #789f99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#789f99]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#789f99 (#789f99) is rgb(120, 159, 153) in RGB.

No, #789f99 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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