Information about #78AAB5 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #78AAB5 reads as a moderately toned water-like cyan and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Kumutoto (#78AFB2). Slightly further away sit Greyblue (#77A1B5) and Hannah (#6DA5B4).
In RGB terms — rgb(120, 170, 181) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 8.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #78AAB5 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#78AAB5 color variations
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#78AAB5 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#78AAB5 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#78AAB5 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#78AAB5 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#78AAB5 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #78AAB5 color
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Nearest named colors to #78AAB5
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#78AFB2
#77A1B5
#6DA5B4
#78B1BF
#73A9C2
#7DA8A8
#81A6AA
#7CB7BB
#85A3B2
#6EAEC0
#74B2A8
#85B3B2
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#78AAB5
- RGB120, 170, 181
- CMYK24, 4, 0, 29
- CSSrgb(120, 170, 181)
- HSL191°, 29%, 59%
- HSL Precise190.82°, 29.187%, 59.02%
- HSV191°, 34%, 71%
- HSB191°, 34%, 71%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.667
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.710
- GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.667, 0.710)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.667, 0.710, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.667, 0.710)
- Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB66.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB71%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID78AAB5
- DECIMAL ID7908021
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
