Information about #78899B color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#78899B falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(120, 137, 155) — 47.1% red, 53.7% green, 60.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 14 / 7 / 0 / 39. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#78899B is a gently muted sky-leaning azure that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Light Slate Gray (#778899). Slightly further away sit Scotty Silver (#758A9C) and Bluish Grey (#748B97).

The recipe behind #78899B is rgb(120, 137, 155), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #78899B: 5.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for white. No one has named #78899B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#78899B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#78899B color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#78899B color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#78899B color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#78899B color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#78899B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #78899B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Light Slate Gray color link
Light Slate Gray

#778899

Scotty Silver color link
Scotty Silver

#758A9C

Bluish Grey color link
Bluish Grey

#748B97

Abacus color link
Abacus

#768993

Steel color link
Steel

#738595

Antique Navy Hue color link
Antique Navy Hue

#718894

Shadow Blue color link
Shadow Blue

#778BA5

Bermuda Grey color link
Bermuda Grey

#6F8C9F

Pewter Metallic color link
Pewter Metallic

#838897

Antique Pewter color link
Antique Pewter

#808992

Roman Silver color link
Roman Silver

#838996

Ash Blue color link
Ash Blue

#7A9598

#78899B color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#78899B
  • RGB120, 137, 155
  • CMYK14, 7, 0, 39
  • CSSrgb(120, 137, 155)
  • HSL211°, 15%, 54%
  • HSL Precise210.857°, 14.894%, 53.922%
  • HSV211°, 23%, 61%
  • HSB211°, 23%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.537
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.537, 0.608)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.537, 0.608, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.537, 0.608)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB53.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID78899B
  • DECIMAL ID7899547
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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