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Recognised as Colour

#78ACAA

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

#78ACAA is a cyan with RGB values 120, 172, 170 and HSL 178°, 24%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#78ACAA#78ACAA
HEX#78ACAA
RGBrgb(120, 172, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.6745, 0.6667
RGB percentages47.1%, 67.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(177.7, 23.9%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 30.2%, 67.5%)
CMYK30.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,908,522
CSS custom property--colour: #78ACAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#875355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A7AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C9FABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#66AFABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.7Dark grey · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 19.5Light slate grey · ΔE 19.9Powder blue · ΔE 19.9Light seagreen · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC787A
Analogous#78AC90, #7894AC
Triadic#AA78AC, #ACAA78
Split complementary#AC7894, #AC9078
Tetradic#9078AC, #AC787A, #94AC78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FAFA
Lighter +30%#D7E6E6
Lighter +20%#B7D3D2
Lighter +10%#98BFBE
Darker −10%#5C9593
Darker −20%#487674
Darker −30%#355655
Darker −40%#223636
More saturated +25%#5DC7C3
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R120
G172
B170
Red120 (47.1%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue177.69°
Saturation (HSL)23.85%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G AC · B AA

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