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Recognised as Colour

#78BFD9

  • #78BFD9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#78BFD9 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 191, 217 and HSL 196°, 56%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78BFD9#78BFD9
HEX#78BFD9
RGBrgb(120, 191, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.749, 0.851
RGB percentages47.1%, 74.9%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(196.1, 56.1%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 44.7%, 85.1%)
CMYK44.7%, 12%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,913,433
CSS custom property--colour: #78BFD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46264WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.25:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#874026

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0BCDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B0D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#4CC7C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.7Light skyblue · ΔE 11.4Light blue · ΔE 14Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7Powder blue · ΔE 17.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D99278
Analogous#78D9C3, #788ED9
Triadic#D978BF, #BFD978
Split complementary#D9788E, #D9C378
Tetradic#C378D9, #D99278, #8ED978

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFF8FB
Lighter +20%#C8E5EF
Lighter +10%#A0D2E4
Darker −10%#50ACCE
Darker −20%#3494B7
Darker −30%#287490
Darker −40%#1D5468
More saturated +25%#62C9EF
Less saturated −25%#8EB5C3

Channel breakdown

R120
G191
B217
Red120 (47.1%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue196.08°
Saturation (HSL)56.07%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G BF · B D9

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