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Recognised as Colour

#78A689

  • #78A689
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#78A689 is a green with RGB values 120, 166, 137 and HSL 142°, 21%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#78A689#78A689
HEX#78A689
RGBrgb(120, 166, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.651, 0.5373
RGB percentages47.1%, 65.1%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(142.2, 20.5%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(142.2, 27.7%, 65.1%)
CMYK27.7%, 0%, 17.5%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,906,953
CSS custom property--colour: #78A689;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#875976

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A59F87no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E9A8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#70A59Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 11.4Cadetblue · ΔE 17.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.3Light seagreen · ΔE 22.9Sea green · ΔE 24.2Dark cyan · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A67895
Analogous#7EA678, #78A6A0
Triadic#8978A6, #A68978
Split complementary#A078A6, #A6787E
Tetradic#787EA6, #A67895, #A6A078

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F7F4
Lighter +30%#D4E3DA
Lighter +20%#B5CFBF
Lighter +10%#97BAA4
Darker −10%#5D8E6F
Darker −20%#496F57
Darker −30%#35503F
Darker −40%#213127
More saturated +25%#5CC282
Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R120
G166
B137
Red120 (47.1%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue142.17°
Saturation (HSL)20.54%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G A6 · B 89

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