What color is #78A99B?

#78A99B is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #78A99B?

The RGB value is 120, 169, 155: 120 red, 169 green and 155 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #78A99B?

The complementary color is #A97886, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #78A99B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.95:1 and white text 2.64:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#78A99B color

#78A99B rgb(120, 169, 155)

Shades of green

The hex color #78A99B is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.1% red, 66.3% green and 60.8% blue (120, 169, 155).

Its hue angle is 163°, with 22% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 34% black.

The closest named color is Catnip (#80AA95), a difference of 3.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.95:1).

#78A99B color codes

HEX	`#78A99B`
RGB	`rgb(120, 169, 155)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.1%, 66.3%, 60.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(163, 22%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(163, 29%, 66%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(29%, 0%, 8%, 34%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.54, -19.38, 1.98)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.54, 19.48, 174.16)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.848, 34.734, 36.241)`
Decimal	`7907739`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #78A99B, 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 #78A99B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.95:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.64:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#78A99B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.64:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.95:1	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 #78A99B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #78a99b; }
.text { color: #78a99b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #78a99b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(120 169 155 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #78a99b, #789ea9); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cadet Blue.

Questions

What color is #78A99B?: #78A99B is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Catnip. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #78A99B?: The RGB value is 120, 169, 155: 120 red, 169 green and 155 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #78A99B?: The complementary color is #A97886, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #78A99B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.95:1 and white text 2.64:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.