#78ae99

Color #78ae99

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 13.97 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#78ae99

RGB

rgb(120, 174, 153)

HSL

hsl(156.7, 25%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(156.7, 31%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(66.95, -22.37, 5.13)

LCH

lch(66.95, 22.95, 167.08)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0649, 168.26)

HWB

hwb(156.7, 47.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae788d

Analogous

#78ae7e

#78ae99

#78a8ae

Triadic

#78ae99

#9978ae

#ae9978

Split-complementary

#78ae99

#ae78a8

#ae7e78

Tetradic

#78ae99

#788dae

#ae788d

#ae9978

Square

#78ae99

#7e78ae

#ae788d

#a8ae78

Shades

Color #78ae99 mixed toward black.

#5c9981

#497a67

#375c4e

#253d34

#121f1a

Tints

Color #78ae99 mixed toward white.

#8ebbaa

#a5c9bb

#bbd6cc

#d2e4dd

#e8f1ee

Tones

Color #78ae99 mixed toward gray.

#7ca998

#81a597

#85a096

#8a9c95

#8e9794

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#93939e · ΔE 23.4

Deuteranopia

#8f8ba0 · ΔE 27.7

Tritanopia

#7ba3a3 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78ae99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78ae99]

Related colors

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#78ae99 (#78ae99) is rgb(120, 174, 153) in RGB.

No, #78ae99 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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