Information about Blue Smoke color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #78857A reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Smoky Green (#79867C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Xanadu (#738678) and Boulder (#7C817C).
In RGB terms — rgb(120, 133, 122) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #78857A background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 5.4:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.9:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Blue Smoke" in the Register.
Blue Smoke color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Blue Smoke color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Blue Smoke color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Blue Smoke color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Blue Smoke color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Blue Smoke 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 Blue Smoke color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Blue Smoke
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#79867C
#738678
#7C817C
#7E867B
#738276
#7D7F7C
#7C7D79
#7C7E7E
#7F7F7D
#757D75
#7A7C76
#808080
Blue Smoke color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#78857A
- RGB120, 133, 122
- CMYK5, 0, 4, 48
- CSSrgb(120, 133, 122)
- HSL129°, 5%, 50%
- HSL Precise129.231°, 5.138%, 49.608%
- HSV129°, 10%, 52%
- HSB129°, 10%, 52%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.522
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.478
- GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.522, 0.478)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.522, 0.478, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.522, 0.478)
- Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB52.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB47.8%
- Color FamilyGreen
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID78857A
- DECIMAL ID7898490
- Name Length10
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