#78aca4

Color #78aca4

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.19 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#78aca4

RGB

rgb(120, 172, 164)

HSL

hsl(170.8, 23.9%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.8, 30.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 0%, 4.7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(66.65, -18.9, -1.4)

LCH

lch(66.65, 18.95, 184.24)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0562, 184.08)

HWB

hwb(170.8, 47.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac7880

Analogous

#78ac8a

#78aca4

#789aac

Triadic

#78aca4

#a478ac

#aca478

Split-complementary

#78aca4

#ac789a

#ac8a78

Tetradic

#78aca4

#7880ac

#ac7880

#aca478

Square

#78aca4

#8a78ac

#ac7880

#9aac78

Shades

Color #78aca4 mixed toward black.

#5d978e

#4a7972

#385b55

#253c39

#131e1c

Tints

Color #78aca4 mixed toward white.

#8fbab3

#a5c8c2

#bcd6d2

#d2e3e1

#e9f1f0

Tones

Color #78aca4 mixed toward gray.

#7ca8a1

#81a39e

#859f9b

#899b98

#8e9695

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9192a6 · ΔE 23

Deuteranopia

#8e8aa6 · ΔE 26.7

Tritanopia

#7ba8a8 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78aca4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78aca4]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#78aca4 (#78aca4) is rgb(120, 172, 164) in RGB.

No, #78aca4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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