#78acbc

Color #78acbc

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#78acbc

RGB

rgb(120, 172, 188)

HSL

hsl(194.1, 33.7%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.1, 36.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(67.37, -13.08, -13.65)

LCH

lch(67.37, 18.91, 226.22)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.0594, 218.99)

HWB

hwb(194.1, 47.1%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc8878

Analogous

#78bcaa

#78acbc

#788abc

Triadic

#78acbc

#bc78ac

#acbc78

Split-complementary

#78acbc

#bc788a

#bcaa78

Tetradic

#78acbc

#8878bc

#bc8878

#acbc78

Square

#78acbc

#aa78bc

#bc8878

#8abc78

Shades

Color #78acbc mixed toward black.

#5697ab

#447989

#335b67

#223d45

#111e22

Tints

Color #78acbc mixed toward white.

#8ebac7

#a5c8d2

#bbd6de

#d2e3e9

#e8f1f4

Tones

Color #78acbc mixed toward gray.

#7ea9b6

#83a6b1

#89a3ab

#8fa0a5

#949da0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9192b8 · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#8e8ab7 · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#7bb5b5 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78acbc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78acbc]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#78acbc (#78acbc) is rgb(120, 172, 188) in RGB.

No, #78acbc 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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