#78c9c5

Color #78c9c5

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 11.97 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#78c9c5

RGB

rgb(120, 201, 197)

HSL

hsl(177, 42.9%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(177, 40.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 2%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(75.94, -25.7, -5.8)

LCH

lch(75.94, 26.35, 192.72)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.0798, 191.56)

HWB

hwb(177, 47.1%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9787c

Analogous

#78c99c

#78c9c5

#78a4c9

Triadic

#78c9c5

#c578c9

#c9c578

Split-complementary

#78c9c5

#c978a4

#c99c78

Tetradic

#78c9c5

#787cc9

#c9787c

#c9c578

Square

#78c9c5

#9c78c9

#c9787c

#a4c978

Shades

Color #78c9c5 mixed toward black.

#52bab5

#3d9994

#2e736f

#1f4c4a

#0f2625

Tints

Color #78c9c5 mixed toward white.

#8ed2cf

#a5dbd8

#bbe4e2

#d2edec

#e8f6f5

Tones

Color #78c9c5 mixed toward gray.

#7fc2bf

#85bbb9

#8cb5b3

#93aead

#9aa7a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a2c6 · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#9d96c6 · ΔE 30.1

Tritanopia

#7ec7c7 · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78c9c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78c9c5]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#78c9c5 (#78c9c5) is rgb(120, 201, 197) in RGB.

No, #78c9c5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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