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Colour

#78B4C7

  • #78B4C7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#78B4C7 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 180, 199 and HSL 194°, 41%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78B4C7#78B4C7
HEX#78B4C7
RGBrgb(120, 180, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.7059, 0.7804
RGB percentages47.1%, 70.6%, 78%
HSLhsl(194.4, 41.4%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 39.7%, 78%)
CMYK39.7%, 9.5%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,910,599
CSS custom property--colour: #78B4C7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#874B38

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B1C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CA7C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#58BBBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.7Cadetblue · ΔE 13.2Light blue · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4Powder blue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C78B78
Analogous#78C7B3, #788CC7
Triadic#C778B4, #B4C778
Split complementary#C7788C, #C7B378
Tetradic#B378C7, #C78B78, #8CC778

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4F0F4
Lighter +20%#C0DCE5
Lighter +10%#9CC8D6
Darker −10%#54A0B8
Darker −20%#408499
Darker −30%#316575
Darker −40%#224651
More saturated +25%#60C0DF
Less saturated −25%#90A8AF

Channel breakdown

R120
G180
B199
Red120 (47.1%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue194.43°
Saturation (HSL)41.36%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G B4 · B C7

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