Information about #78B9AA color
Basic facts about this digital color
#78B9AA presents itself as a moderately toned water-like cyan — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. It is a natural fit for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Gulf Stream (#74B2A8). Slightly further away sit Vintage Turquoise (#6DB6AD) and Kumutoto (#78AFB2).
In RGB terms — rgb(120, 185, 170) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 9.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #78B9AA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#78B9AA color variations
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#78B9AA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#78B9AA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#78B9AA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#78B9AA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#78B9AA 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 #78B9AA color
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Nearest named colors to #78B9AA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#74B2A8
#6DB6AD
#78AFB2
#6DAFA7
#7AC5B4
#85B3B2
#6EAEA1
#7CB7BB
#7DA8A8
#86ABA5
#81A6AA
#8AAEA4
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#78B9AA
- RGB120, 185, 170
- CMYK25, 0, 6, 27
- CSSrgb(120, 185, 170)
- HSL166°, 32%, 60%
- HSL Precise166.154°, 31.707%, 59.804%
- HSV166°, 35%, 73%
- HSB166°, 35%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.725
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
- GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.725, 0.667)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.725, 0.667, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.725, 0.667)
- Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB72.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID78B9AA
- DECIMAL ID7911850
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- This page visited12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
