#78bac4

Color #78bac4

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.38 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#78bac4

RGB

rgb(120, 186, 196)

HSL

hsl(187.9, 39.2%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.9, 38.8%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(71.62, -18.38, -11.68)

LCH

lch(71.62, 21.78, 212.43)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0685, 207.95)

HWB

hwb(187.9, 47.1%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c48278

Analogous

#78c4a8

#78bac4

#7894c4

Triadic

#78bac4

#c478ba

#bac478

Split-complementary

#78bac4

#c47894

#c4a878

Tetradic

#78bac4

#8278c4

#c48278

#bac478

Square

#78bac4

#a878c4

#c48278

#94c478

Shades

Color #78bac4 mixed toward black.

#53a7b4

#408893

#30666e

#204449

#102225

Tints

Color #78bac4 mixed toward white.

#8fc6ce

#a5d1d8

#bcdde2

#d2e8eb

#e9f4f5

Tones

Color #78bac4 mixed toward gray.

#7eb5be

#85b1b7

#8bacb1

#91a7ab

#98a3a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999ac2 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#9590c1 · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#7cc0bf · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78bac4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78bac4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#78bac4 (#78bac4) is rgb(120, 186, 196) in RGB.

No, #78bac4 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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