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Recognised as Colour

#78D2EB

  • #78D2EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#78D2EB is a cyan with RGB values 120, 210, 235 and HSL 193°, 74%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78D2EB#78D2EB
HEX#78D2EB
RGBrgb(120, 210, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8235, 0.9216
RGB percentages47.1%, 82.4%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(193, 74.2%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193, 48.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK48.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,918,315
CSS custom property--colour: #78D2EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.22:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#872D14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2CDECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C0EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#37DBDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.6Light skyblue · ΔE 12.4Light blue · ΔE 13.8Powder blue · ΔE 15.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.7Light steelblue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB9178
Analogous#78EBCA, #7899EB
Triadic#EB78D2, #D2EB78
Split complementary#EB7899, #EBCB78
Tetradic#CA78EB, #EB9178, #99EB78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFEFF
Lighter +20%#D1F0F8
Lighter +10%#A4E1F2
Darker −10%#4CC3E4
Darker −20%#21B4DC
Darker −30%#1A8FB0
Darker −40%#136B84
More saturated +25%#65DDFE
Less saturated −25%#8BC7D8

Channel breakdown

R120
G210
B235
Red120 (47.1%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue193.04°
Saturation (HSL)74.19%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G D2 · B EB

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