What color is #78C878?

#78C878 is a light, desaturated green, closest to the named color Emerald Rain. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #78C878?

The RGB value is 120, 200, 120: 120 red, 200 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #78C878?

The complementary color is #C878C8, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #78C878?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.33:1 and white text 2.03:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#78C878 color

#78C878 rgb(120, 200, 120)

Shades of green

The hex color #78C878 is a light, desaturated green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.1% red, 78.4% green and 47.1% blue (120, 200, 120).

Its hue angle is 120°, with 42% saturation and 63% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 40% cyan, 0% magenta, 40% yellow and 22% black.

The closest named color is Emerald Rain (#80C872), a difference of 1.8 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.33:1).

#78C878 color codes

HEX	`#78C878`
RGB	`rgb(120, 200, 120)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.1%, 78.4%, 47.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(120, 42%, 63%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120, 40%, 78%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(40%, 0%, 40%, 22%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(73.97, -40.73, 32.49)`
CIE LCH	`lch(73.97, 52.1, 141.42)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(31.789, 46.656, 25.096)`
Decimal	`7915640`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #78C878, 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 #78C878	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.33:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.03:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#78C878 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.03:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.33:1	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 #78C878 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #78c878; }
.text { color: #78c878; }
.border { border: 2px solid #78c878; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(120 200 120 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #78c878, #78c8a0); }

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Questions

What color is #78C878?: #78C878 is a light, desaturated green, closest to the named color Emerald Rain. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #78C878?: The RGB value is 120, 200, 120: 120 red, 200 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #78C878?: The complementary color is #C878C8, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #78C878?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.33:1 and white text 2.03:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.