#78a997

Color #78a997

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.27 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#78a997

RGB

rgb(120, 169, 151)

HSL

hsl(158, 22.2%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(158, 29%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(29%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(65.44, -20.25, 4.06)

LCH

lch(65.44, 20.65, 168.66)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0587, 169.8)

HWB

hwb(158, 47.1%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9788a

Analogous

#78a97f

#78a997

#78a3a9

Triadic

#78a997

#9778a9

#a99778

Split-complementary

#78a997

#a978a3

#a97f78

Tetradic

#78a997

#788aa9

#a9788a

#a99778

Square

#78a997

#7f78a9

#a9788a

#a3a978

Shades

Color #78a997 mixed toward black.

#5e9380

#4b7666

#38584d

#253b33

#131d1a

Tints

Color #78a997 mixed toward white.

#8fb7a8

#a5c6ba

#bcd4cb

#d2e2dc

#e9f1ee

Tones

Color #78a997 mixed toward gray.

#7ca596

#80a195

#849d94

#889993

#8c9592

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90909c · ΔE 22.6

Deuteranopia

#8d899d · ΔE 26.5

Tritanopia

#7b9fa0 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 18

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #78a997;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78a997]

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Frequently asked questions

#78a997 (#78a997) is rgb(120, 169, 151) in RGB.

No, #78a997 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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