#789fae

Color #789fae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.41 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#789fae

RGB

rgb(120, 159, 174)

HSL

hsl(196.7, 25%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.7, 31%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(63.21, -9.61, -12.09)

LCH

lch(63.21, 15.44, 231.52)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.048, 223.48)

HWB

hwb(196.7, 47.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae8778

Analogous

#78aea2

#789fae

#7884ae

Triadic

#789fae

#ae789f

#9fae78

Split-complementary

#789fae

#ae7884

#aea278

Tetradic

#789fae

#8778ae

#ae8778

#9fae78

Square

#789fae

#a278ae

#ae8778

#84ae78

Shades

Color #789fae mixed toward black.

#5c8899

#496d7a

#37525c

#25363d

#121b1f

Tints

Color #789fae mixed toward white.

#8eafbb

#a5bfc9

#bbcfd6

#d2dfe4

#e8eff1

Tones

Color #789fae mixed toward gray.

#7c9da9

#819ba5

#8599a0

#8a979c

#8e9597

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bab · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#8885aa · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#7aa8a7 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #789fae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#789fae]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#789fae (#789fae) is rgb(120, 159, 174) in RGB.

No, #789fae 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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