Information about #78969C color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#78969C falls into the Cyan Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(120, 150, 156) — 47.1% red, 58.8% green, 61.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 14 / 2 / 0 / 39. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #78969C reads as a calm, restrained water-like cyan and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Ash Blue (#7A9598). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Metamorphis (#809D96) and Scotty Silver (#758A9C).

In RGB terms — rgb(120, 150, 156) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #78969C: 6.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #78969C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#78969C color variations

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

#78969C color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#78969C color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#78969C color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#78969C 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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#78969C 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 #78969C

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

Ash Blue color link
Ash Blue

#7A9598

Metamorphis color link
Metamorphis

#809D96

Scotty Silver color link
Scotty Silver

#758A9C

Crescent color link
Crescent

#839596

Bluish Grey color link
Bluish Grey

#748B97

Grayish Azure color link
Grayish Azure

#7D93A8

Bermuda Grey color link
Bermuda Grey

#6F8C9F

Shadow Blue color link
Shadow Blue

#778BA5

Light Slate Gray color link
Light Slate Gray

#778899

Awash color link
Awash

#739CA9

Grayish Cerulean color link
Grayish Cerulean

#7D9EA8

Juniper color link
Juniper

#74918E

#78969C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#78969C
  • RGB120, 150, 156
  • CMYK14, 2, 0, 39
  • CSSrgb(120, 150, 156)
  • HSL190°, 15%, 54%
  • HSL Precise190°, 15.385%, 54.118%
  • HSV190°, 23%, 61%
  • HSB190°, 23%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.588
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.612
  • GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.588, 0.612)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.588, 0.612, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.588, 0.612)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB61.2%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID78969C
  • DECIMAL ID7902876
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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