Information about Glacier color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly balanced cyan, #78B1BF appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Neptune (#7CB7BB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Moonstone Blue (#73A9C2) and Meltwater (#6EAEC0).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(120, 177, 191)), which gives #78B1BF its character. If you plan to put text on a #78B1BF background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.4:1. The name "Glacier" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Glacier color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Glacier color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Glacier color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Glacier color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Glacier color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Glacier 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 Glacier color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Glacier
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#7CB7BB
#73A9C2
#6EAEC0
#78AFB2
#71B8CA
#77BFC7
#6AB9BB
#89B1C2
#6AB2CA
#77B7D0
#72A0C1
#85B3B2
Glacier color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#78B1BF
- RGB120, 177, 191
- CMYK28, 5, 0, 25
- CSSrgb(120, 177, 191)
- HSL192°, 36%, 61%
- HSL Precise191.831°, 35.678%, 60.98%
- HSV192°, 37%, 75%
- HSB192°, 37%, 75%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.694
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.749
- GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.694, 0.749)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.694, 0.749, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.694, 0.749)
- Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB69.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB74.9%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID78B1BF
- DECIMAL ID7909823
- Name Length7
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- Counting from2025-01-01
