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Recognised as Colour

#78AAAB

  • #78AAAB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#78AAAB is a cyan with RGB values 120, 170, 171 and HSL 181°, 23%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#78AAAB#78AAAB
HEX#78AAAB
RGBrgb(120, 170, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.6667, 0.6706
RGB percentages47.1%, 66.7%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(181.2, 23.3%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.2, 29.8%, 67.1%)
CMYK29.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,908,011
CSS custom property--colour: #78AAAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.14:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#875554

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A5ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9EABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#66ADAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.4Dark grey · ΔE 17.5Light slate grey · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 19.2Slate grey · ΔE 20Powder blue · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB7978
Analogous#78AB93, #7890AB
Triadic#AB78AA, #AAAB78
Split complementary#AB7890, #AB9378
Tetradic#9378AB, #AB7978, #91AB78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F9F9
Lighter +30%#D6E5E6
Lighter +20%#B7D2D2
Lighter +10%#97BEBF
Darker −10%#5C9394
Darker −20%#487475
Darker −30%#355455
Darker −40%#213536
More saturated +25%#5DC4C6
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R120
G170
B171
Red120 (47.1%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue181.18°
Saturation (HSL)23.29%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G AA · B AB

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