#78a2ab

Color #78a2ab

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.41 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#78a2ab

RGB

rgb(120, 162, 171)

HSL

hsl(190.6, 23.3%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.6, 29.8%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(63.98, -11.98, -9.26)

LCH

lch(63.98, 15.14, 217.7)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.0473, 212.31)

HWB

hwb(190.6, 47.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab8178

Analogous

#78ab9b

#78a2ab

#7889ab

Triadic

#78a2ab

#ab78a2

#a2ab78

Split-complementary

#78a2ab

#ab7889

#ab9b78

Tetradic

#78a2ab

#8178ab

#ab8178

#a2ab78

Square

#78a2ab

#9b78ab

#ab8178

#89ab78

Shades

Color #78a2ab mixed toward black.

#5d8c96

#4a7078

#38545a

#25383c

#131c1e

Tints

Color #78a2ab mixed toward white.

#8fb2b9

#a5c1c7

#bcd1d5

#d2e0e3

#e9f0f1

Tones

Color #78a2ab mixed toward gray.

#7c9fa7

#819da3

#859a9e

#89979a

#8d9496

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8da9 · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#8a86a8 · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#7ba7a7 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a2ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a2ab]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#78a2ab (#78a2ab) is rgb(120, 162, 171) in RGB.

No, #78a2ab 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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