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Recognised as Colour

#78A87F

  • #78A87F
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#78A87F is a green with RGB values 120, 168, 127 and HSL 129°, 22%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#78A87F#78A87F
HEX#78A87F
RGBrgb(120, 168, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.6588, 0.498
RGB percentages47.1%, 65.9%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(128.8, 21.6%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(128.8, 28.6%, 65.9%)
CMYK28.6%, 0%, 24.4%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,907,455
CSS custom property--colour: #78A87F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.71:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#875780

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A07Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A19B81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#72A69Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 7.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.4Sea green · ΔE 20.4Cadetblue · ΔE 24.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 25Light seagreen · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A878A1
Analogous#89A878, #78A897
Triadic#7F78A8, #A87F78
Split complementary#9778A8, #A87889
Tetradic#7889A8, #A878A1, #A89778

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F8F5
Lighter +30%#D5E4D7
Lighter +20%#B6D0BA
Lighter +10%#97BC9C
Darker −10%#5D9064
Darker −20%#49714F
Darker −30%#355239
Darker −40%#213324
More saturated +25%#5CC46B
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R120
G168
B127
Red120 (47.1%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue128.75°
Saturation (HSL)21.62%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G A8 · B 7F

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