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Recognised as Colour

#78BECA

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

#78BECA is a cyan with RGB values 120, 190, 202 and HSL 189°, 44%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78BECA#78BECA
HEX#78BECA
RGBrgb(120, 190, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.7451, 0.7922
RGB percentages47.1%, 74.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(188.8, 43.6%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.8, 40.6%, 79.2%)
CMYK40.6%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,913,162
CSS custom property--colour: #78BECA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.02:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#874135

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B9CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5AFCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Tritanopia#55C4C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.2Cadetblue · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 13.6Powder blue · ΔE 14.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.3Light steelblue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA8478
Analogous#78CAAD, #7895CA
Triadic#CA78BE, #BECA78
Split complementary#CA7895, #CAAD78
Tetradic#AD78CA, #CA8478, #95CA78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F3F5
Lighter +20%#C1E1E7
Lighter +10%#9DD0D8
Darker −10%#53ACBC
Darker −20%#3E909E
Darker −30%#306F79
Darker −40%#214D55
More saturated +25%#61CFE2
Less saturated −25%#90ADB3

Channel breakdown

R120
G190
B202
Red120 (47.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue188.78°
Saturation (HSL)43.62%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G BE · B CA

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