#78aea2

Color #78aea2

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.96 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#78aea2

RGB

rgb(120, 174, 162)

HSL

hsl(166.7, 25%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(166.7, 31%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.18, -20.39, 0.48)

LCH

lch(67.18, 20.4, 178.65)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0596, 179.04)

HWB

hwb(166.7, 47.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae7884

Analogous

#78ae87

#78aea2

#789fae

Triadic

#78aea2

#a278ae

#aea278

Split-complementary

#78aea2

#ae789f

#ae8778

Tetradic

#78aea2

#7884ae

#ae7884

#aea278

Square

#78aea2

#8778ae

#ae7884

#9fae78

Shades

Color #78aea2 mixed toward black.

#5c998b

#497a70

#375c54

#253d38

#121f1c

Tints

Color #78aea2 mixed toward white.

#8ebbb1

#a5c9c1

#bbd6d0

#d2e4e0

#e8f1ef

Tones

Color #78aea2 mixed toward gray.

#7ca99f

#81a59d

#85a09a

#8a9c98

#8e9795

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393a5 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#8f8ba6 · ΔE 27.4

Tritanopia

#7ba7a8 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78aea2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78aea2]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#78aea2 (#78aea2) is rgb(120, 174, 162) in RGB.

No, #78aea2 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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