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Recognised as Colour

#78CAA6

  • #78CAA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#78CAA6 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 202, 166 and HSL 154°, 44%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#78CAA6#78CAA6
HEX#78CAA6
RGBrgb(120, 202, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.7922, 0.651
RGB percentages47.1%, 79.2%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(153.7, 43.6%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153.7, 40.6%, 79.2%)
CMYK40.6%, 0%, 17.8%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,916,198
CSS custom property--colour: #78CAA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.8:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#873559

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7BFA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAB6A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#62CAC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 5.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 12.7Turquoise · ΔE 18.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1Light seagreen · ΔE 19.6Aquamarine · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 5.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA789C
Analogous#78CA7D, #78C5CA
Triadic#A678CA, #CAA678
Split complementary#CA78C5, #CA7D78
Tetradic#7D78CA, #CA789C, #C5CA78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F5EE
Lighter +20%#C1E7D6
Lighter +10%#9DD8BE
Darker −10%#53BC8E
Darker −20%#3E9E74
Darker −30%#307959
Darker −40%#21553E
More saturated +25%#61E2A9
Less saturated −25%#90B3A3

Channel breakdown

R120
G202
B166
Red120 (47.1%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue153.66°
Saturation (HSL)43.62%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G CA · B A6

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