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Recognised as Colour

#78C8CC

  • #78C8CC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#78C8CC is a cyan with RGB values 120, 200, 204 and HSL 183°, 45%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#78C8CC#78C8CC
HEX#78C8CC
RGBrgb(120, 200, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.7843, 0.8
RGB percentages47.1%, 78.4%, 80%
HSLhsl(182.9, 45.2%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.9, 41.2%, 80%)
CMYK41.2%, 2%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,915,724
CSS custom property--colour: #78C8CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.93:1
Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#873733

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC1CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB6CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#52CDC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 14Powder blue · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 14.8Light blue · ΔE 15Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.1Cadetblue · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC7C78
Analogous#78CCA6, #789ECC
Triadic#CC78C8, #C8CC78
Split complementary#CC789E, #CCA678
Tetradic#A678CC, #CC7C78, #9ECC78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F5F6
Lighter +20%#C2E6E8
Lighter +10%#9DD7DA
Darker −10%#53B9BE
Darker −20%#3D9CA1
Darker −30%#2F787C
Darker −40%#215557
More saturated +25%#61DDE3
Less saturated −25%#8FB3B5

Channel breakdown

R120
G200
B204
Red120 (47.1%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue182.86°
Saturation (HSL)45.16%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G C8 · B CC

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