What color is #78A48B?

#78A48B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #78A48B?

The RGB value is 120, 164, 139: 120 red, 164 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #78A48B?

The complementary color is #A47891, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #78A48B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.48:1 and white text 2.81:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#78A48B color

#78A48B rgb(120, 164, 139)

Shades of green

The hex color #78A48B is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.1% red, 64.3% green and 54.5% blue (120, 164, 139).

Its hue angle is 146°, with 19% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 36% black.

The closest named color is Catnip (#80AA95), a difference of 2.5 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.48:1).

#78A48B color codes

HEX	`#78A48B`
RGB	`rgb(120, 164, 139)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.1%, 64.3%, 54.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(146, 19%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(146, 27%, 64%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(27%, 0%, 15%, 36%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.68, -20.2, 8.22)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.68, 21.81, 157.86)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.68, 32.407, 29.323)`
Decimal	`7906443`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #78A48B, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #78A48B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.48:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.81:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#78A48B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.81:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.48:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #78A48B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #78a48b; }
.text { color: #78a48b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #78a48b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(120 164 139 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #78a48b, #78a4a1); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #78A48B?: #78A48B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #78A48B?: The RGB value is 120, 164, 139: 120 red, 164 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #78A48B?: The complementary color is #A47891, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #78A48B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.48:1 and white text 2.81:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.