What color is #78AB88?

#78AB88 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 #78AB88?

The RGB value is 120, 171, 136: 120 red, 171 green and 136 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #78AB88?

The complementary color is #AB789B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #78AB88?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.98:1 and white text 2.63:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#78AB88 color

#78AB88 rgb(120, 171, 136)

Shades of green

The hex color #78AB88 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.1% red, 67.1% green and 53.3% blue (120, 171, 136).

Its hue angle is 139°, with 23% saturation and 57% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 33% black.

The closest named color is Green Goddess (#76AD83), a difference of 2 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.98:1).

#78AB88 color codes

HEX	`#78AB88`
RGB	`rgb(120, 171, 136)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.1%, 67.1%, 53.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(139, 23%, 57%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(139, 30%, 67%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(30%, 0%, 20%, 33%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.67, -24.34, 12.7)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.67, 27.46, 152.45)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(26.751, 34.895, 28.614)`
Decimal	`7908232`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #78AB88, 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 #78AB88	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.98:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.63:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#78AB88 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.63:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.98:1	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 #78AB88 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #78ab88; }
.text { color: #78ab88; }
.border { border: 2px solid #78ab88; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(120 171 136 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #78ab88, #78aba2); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #78AB88?: #78AB88 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 #78AB88?: The RGB value is 120, 171, 136: 120 red, 171 green and 136 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #78AB88?: The complementary color is #AB789B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #78AB88?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.98:1 and white text 2.63:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.