Information about #78C9C2 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #78C9C2 reads as a clearly saturated water-like cyan and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Northern Lights Blue (#78C7C7). Slightly further away sit Blue Hosta (#77BFC7) and Downy (#6FD2BE).
The recipe behind #78C9C2 is rgb(120, 201, 194), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 10.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #78C9C2 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#78C9C2 color variations
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#78C9C2 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#78C9C2 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#78C9C2 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#78C9C2 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#78C9C2 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 #78C9C2 color
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Nearest named colors to #78C9C2
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#78C7C7
#77BFC7
#6FD2BE
#78D1B6
#7AC5B4
#86D2C1
#82CBB2
#7CB7BB
#71B8CA
#81D3D1
#85CED1
#88D8C0
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#78C9C2
- RGB120, 201, 194
- CMYK32, 0, 3, 21
- CSSrgb(120, 201, 194)
- HSL175°, 43%, 63%
- HSL Precise174.815°, 42.857%, 62.941%
- HSV175°, 40%, 79%
- HSB175°, 40%, 79%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.761
- GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.788, 0.761)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.788, 0.761, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.788, 0.761)
- Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB76.1%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID78C9C2
- DECIMAL ID7915970
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
