#78aea4

Color #78aea4

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.18 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#78aea4

RGB

rgb(120, 174, 164)

HSL

hsl(168.9, 25%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168.9, 31%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.23, -19.93, -0.55)

LCH

lch(67.23, 19.94, 181.58)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0587, 181.76)

HWB

hwb(168.9, 47.1%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae7882

Analogous

#78ae89

#78aea4

#789dae

Triadic

#78aea4

#a478ae

#aea478

Split-complementary

#78aea4

#ae789d

#ae8978

Tetradic

#78aea4

#7882ae

#ae7882

#aea478

Square

#78aea4

#8978ae

#ae7882

#9dae78

Shades

Color #78aea4 mixed toward black.

#5c998e

#497a71

#375c55

#253d39

#121f1c

Tints

Color #78aea4 mixed toward white.

#8ebbb3

#a5c9c2

#bbd6d1

#d2e4e1

#e8f1f0

Tones

Color #78aea4 mixed toward gray.

#7ca9a1

#81a59e

#85a09b

#8a9c99

#8e9796

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393a6 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#8f8ba7 · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#7ba8a9 · ΔE 5.4

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78aea4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78aea4]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#78aea4 (#78aea4) is rgb(120, 174, 164) in RGB.

No, #78aea4 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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