#78c3c6

Color #78c3c6

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.47 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#78c3c6

RGB

rgb(120, 195, 198)

HSL

hsl(182.3, 40.6%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.3, 39.4%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(74.25, -22.46, -8.84)

LCH

lch(74.25, 24.14, 201.48)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0748, 198.97)

HWB

hwb(182.3, 47.1%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c67b78

Analogous

#78c6a2

#78c3c6

#789cc6

Triadic

#78c3c6

#c678c3

#c3c678

Split-complementary

#78c3c6

#c6789c

#c6a278

Tetradic

#78c3c6

#7b78c6

#c67b78

#c3c678

Square

#78c3c6

#a278c6

#c67b78

#9cc678

Shades

Color #78c3c6 mixed toward black.

#53b2b6

#3f9295

#2f6d70

#20494b

#102425

Tints

Color #78c3c6 mixed toward white.

#8fcdd0

#a5d7d9

#bce1e3

#d2ebec

#e9f5f6

Tones

Color #78c3c6 mixed toward gray.

#7fbdc0

#85b7b9

#8cb1b3

#92abac

#99a5a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9fc5 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#9a94c5 · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#7dc5c5 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78c3c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78c3c6]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#78c3c6 (#78c3c6) is rgb(120, 195, 198) in RGB.

No, #78c3c6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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