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Recognised as Colour

#78D2EE

  • #78D2EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#78D2EE is a cyan with RGB values 120, 210, 238 and HSL 194°, 78%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78D2EE#78D2EE
HEX#78D2EE
RGBrgb(120, 210, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8235, 0.9333
RGB percentages47.1%, 82.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(194.2, 77.6%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.2, 49.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK49.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,918,318
CSS custom property--colour: #78D2EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.25:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#872D11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1CDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFC0EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#33DBDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.8Light skyblue · ΔE 10.8Light blue · ΔE 14.3Powder blue · ΔE 16.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.8Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.83, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9478
Analogous#78EECF, #7897EE
Triadic#EE78D2, #D2EE78
Split complementary#EE7897, #EECF78
Tetradic#CF78EE, #EE9478, #97EE78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D3F0F9
Lighter +10%#A5E1F4
Darker −10%#4BC3E8
Darker −20%#1DB4E3
Darker −30%#1790B6
Darker −40%#116C89
More saturated +25%#67DBFF
Less saturated −25%#8BC8DB

Channel breakdown

R120
G210
B238
Red120 (47.1%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue194.24°
Saturation (HSL)77.63%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G D2 · B EE

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