Information about #78BA8E color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #78BA8E is classified in the Register under the Spring Green Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(120, 186, 142) — 47.1% red, 72.9% green, 55.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 26 / 0 / 17 / 27. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A moderately toned fresh green-cyan, #78BA8E appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bay Leaf (#7BB18D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Padua (#7EB394) and Acapulco (#75AA94).

The recipe behind #78BA8E is rgb(120, 186, 142), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #78BA8E background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.2:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.3:1. No one has named #78BA8E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#78BA8E color variations

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#78BA8E 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #78BA8E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Bay Leaf color link
Bay Leaf

#7BB18D

Padua color link
Padua

#7EB394

Acapulco color link
Acapulco

#75AA94

Silver Tree color link
Silver Tree

#67BE90

Cortis color link
Cortis

#86AD8E

Vintage Mint color link
Vintage Mint

#69B096

Dottie Green color link
Dottie Green

#86AD87

De York color link
De York

#85CA87

Fern color link
Fern

#71BC78

#78BA8E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#78BA8E
  • RGB120, 186, 142
  • CMYK26, 0, 17, 27
  • CSSrgb(120, 186, 142)
  • HSL140°, 32%, 60%
  • HSL Precise140°, 32.353%, 60%
  • HSV140°, 35%, 73%
  • HSB140°, 35%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.729, 0.557)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.729, 0.557, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.729, 0.557)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB55.7%
  • Color Family (Hue)Spring Green
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID78BA8E
  • DECIMAL ID7912078
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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