#078A75

A dark, vivid cyan closely aligning with Darkcyan.

About #078A75

The hex code #078A75 represents a beautifully specific shade of cyan. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkcyan. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 7, 138, and 117.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 95% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 170.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#078A75
RGB7, 138, 117
HSL170.4°, 90.3%, 28.4%
CMYK95%, 0%, 15%, 46%
HSV170.4°, 94.9%, 54.1%
LAB51.3, -36.5, 2.4
XYZ12.4, 19.5, 19.9
Decimal494197

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.28:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
4.90:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.10:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.17:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #078A75; }
.text-color { color: #078A75; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #078A75; }

Similar Colors

Darkcyan
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