What color is #78AB80?

#78AB80 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Green Goddess. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #78AB80?

The RGB value is 120, 171, 128: 120 red, 171 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #78AB80?

The complementary color is #AB78A3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #78AB80?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.94:1 and white text 2.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#78AB80 color

#78AB80 rgb(120, 171, 128)

Shades of green

The hex color #78AB80 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.1% red, 67.1% green and 50.2% blue (120, 171, 128).

Its hue angle is 129°, with 23% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 33% black.

The closest named color is Green Goddess (#76AD83), a difference of 1 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.94:1).

#78AB80 color codes

HEX	`#78AB80`
RGB	`rgb(120, 171, 128)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.1%, 67.1%, 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(129, 23%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(129, 30%, 67%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(30%, 0%, 25%, 33%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.5, -25.86, 16.86)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.5, 30.87, 146.89)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(26.204, 34.676, 25.73)`
Decimal	`7908224`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #78AB80, 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 #78AB80	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.94:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.65:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#78AB80 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.65:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.94:1	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 #78AB80 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #78ab80; }
.text { color: #78ab80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #78ab80; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(120 171 128 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #78ab80, #78ab99); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #78AB80?: #78AB80 is a grayish green, closest to the named color Green Goddess. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #78AB80?: The RGB value is 120, 171, 128: 120 red, 171 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #78AB80?: The complementary color is #AB78A3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #78AB80?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.94:1 and white text 2.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.