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Recognised as Colour

#78CFE5

  • #78CFE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#78CFE5 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 207, 229 and HSL 192°, 68%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78CFE5#78CFE5
HEX#78CFE5
RGBrgb(120, 207, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8118, 0.898
RGB percentages47.1%, 81.2%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(192.1, 67.7%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.1, 47.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK47.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,917,541
CSS custom property--colour: #78CFE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#87301A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0CAE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFBDE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#3ED7D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.1Light blue · ΔE 13.3Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Powder blue · ΔE 14.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.1Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E58E78
Analogous#78E5C4, #7899E5
Triadic#E578CF, #CFE578
Split complementary#E57899, #E5C478
Tetradic#C578E5, #E58E78, #99E578

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FDFE
Lighter +20%#CEEDF5
Lighter +10%#A3DEED
Darker −10%#4DC0DD
Darker −20%#28ADCF
Darker −30%#208AA4
Darker −40%#17667A
More saturated +25%#64DBF9
Less saturated −25%#8CC3D1

Channel breakdown

R120
G207
B229
Red120 (47.1%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue192.11°
Saturation (HSL)67.7%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G CF · B E5

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