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Recognised as Colour

#78BD9B

  • #78BD9B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#78BD9B is a cyan with RGB values 120, 189, 155 and HSL 150°, 34%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#78BD9B#78BD9B
HEX#78BD9B
RGBrgb(120, 189, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.7412, 0.6078
RGB percentages47.1%, 74.1%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(150.4, 34.3%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150.4, 36.5%, 74.1%)
CMYK36.5%, 0%, 18%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,912,859
CSS custom property--colour: #78BD9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42755WCAG 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 9.55:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#874264

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBB499no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0AC9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Tritanopia#68BDB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 9.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.2Light seagreen · ΔE 19.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.1Cadetblue · ΔE 22.7Turquoise · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD789A
Analogous#78BD78, #78BDBD
Triadic#9B78BD, #BD9B78
Split complementary#BD78BD, #BD7878
Tetradic#7878BD, #BD789A, #BDBD78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFEFE7
Lighter +20%#BDDECE
Lighter +10%#9ACEB4
Darker −10%#56AC82
Darker −20%#448B68
Darker −30%#33694E
Darker −40%#224735
More saturated +25%#5FD69B
Less saturated −25%#91A49B

Channel breakdown

R120
G189
B155
Red120 (47.1%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue150.43°
Saturation (HSL)34.33%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G BD · B 9B

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