Colour

#78B7BD

#78B7BD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#78B7BD is a cyan with RGB values 120, 183, 189 and HSL 185°, 34%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#78B7BD#78B7BD

HEX#78B7BD

RGBrgb(120, 183, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.7176, 0.7412

RGB percentages47.1%, 71.8%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(185.2, 34.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.2, 36.5%, 74.1%)

CMYK36.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,911,357

CSS custom property--colour: #78B7BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.31:1

Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#874842

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AEB2BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2A9BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Tritanopia#5DBCB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.7 Sky blue · ΔE 15.1 Light blue · ΔE 15.5 Powder blue · ΔE 16.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BD7E78

Analogous#78BDA0, #7895BD

Triadic#BD78B7, #B7BD78

Split complementary#BD7895, #BDA178

Tetradic#A078BD, #BD7E78, #95BD78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DFEEEF

Lighter +20%#BDDCDE

Lighter +10%#9AC9CE

Darker −10%#56A5AC

Darker −20%#44858B

Darker −30%#336469

Darker −40%#224347

More saturated +25%#5FCCD6

Less saturated −25%#91A2A4

Channel breakdown

R120

G183

B189

Red120 (47.1%)

Green183 (71.8%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue185.22°

Saturation (HSL)34.33%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G B7 · B BD

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