#78a8be

Color #78a8be

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.87 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#78a8be

RGB

rgb(120, 168, 190)

HSL

hsl(198.9, 35%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.9, 36.8%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(66.3, -10.43, -16.38)

LCH

lch(66.3, 19.42, 237.51)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.0604, 228.15)

HWB

hwb(198.9, 47.1%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be8e78

Analogous

#78beb1

#78a8be

#7885be

Triadic

#78a8be

#be78a8

#a8be78

Split-complementary

#78a8be

#be7885

#beb178

Tetradic

#78a8be

#8e78be

#be8e78

#a8be78

Square

#78a8be

#b178be

#be8e78

#85be78

Shades

Color #78a8be mixed toward black.

#5591ad

#43758c

#325869

#223a46

#111d23

Tints

Color #78a8be mixed toward white.

#8fb6c9

#a5c5d4

#bcd3df

#d2e2e9

#e9f0f4

Tones

Color #78a8be mixed toward gray.

#7ea6b8

#84a4b2

#8aa2ad

#8f9fa7

#959da1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90b9 · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#8c89b8 · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#7bb5b4 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78a8be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a8be]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#78a8be (#78a8be) is rgb(120, 168, 190) in RGB.

No, #78a8be 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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