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Recognised as Colour

#78D4BB

  • #78D4BB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#78D4BB is a cyan with RGB values 120, 212, 187 and HSL 164°, 52%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#78D4BB#78D4BB
HEX#78D4BB
RGBrgb(120, 212, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8314, 0.7333
RGB percentages47.1%, 83.1%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(163.7, 51.7%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.7, 43.4%, 83.1%)
CMYK43.4%, 0%, 11.8%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,918,779
CSS custom property--colour: #78D4BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.93:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#872B44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CECABAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFBFBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#57D6CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 13Turquoise · ΔE 13.5Light seagreen · ΔE 17.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.4Aquamarine · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D47891
Analogous#78D48D, #78BFD4
Triadic#BB78D4, #D4BB78
Split complementary#D478BF, #D48D78
Tetradic#8D78D4, #D47891, #BFD478

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECF9F5
Lighter +20%#C5EDE2
Lighter +10%#9FE0CE
Darker −10%#51C8A8
Darker −20%#38AE8E
Darker −30%#2B886F
Darker −40%#1F614F
More saturated +25%#62EAC5
Less saturated −25%#8EBEB1

Channel breakdown

R120
G212
B187
Red120 (47.1%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue163.7°
Saturation (HSL)51.69%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G D4 · B BB

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