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Recognised as Colour

#78CDE3

  • #78CDE3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#78CDE3 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 205, 227 and HSL 192°, 66%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78CDE3#78CDE3
HEX#78CDE3
RGBrgb(120, 205, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8039, 0.8902
RGB percentages47.1%, 80.4%, 89%
HSLhsl(192.3, 65.6%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.3, 47.1%, 89%)
CMYK47.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,917,027
CSS custom property--colour: #78CDE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.64:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#87321C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC8E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADBBE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#40D5D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.8Light blue · ΔE 13.1Light skyblue · ΔE 13.4Powder blue · ΔE 14.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.4Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.82, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E38E78
Analogous#78E3C3, #7898E3
Triadic#E378CD, #CDE378
Split complementary#E37898, #E3C378
Tetradic#C378E3, #E38E78, #98E378

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FCFD
Lighter +20%#CCECF5
Lighter +10%#A2DDEC
Darker −10%#4EBDDA
Darker −20%#2AAACB
Darker −30%#2186A1
Darker −40%#196376
More saturated +25%#64D9F7
Less saturated −25%#8CC1CF

Channel breakdown

R120
G205
B227
Red120 (47.1%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue192.34°
Saturation (HSL)65.64%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G CD · B E3

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