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Recognised as Colour

#78D4E7

  • #78D4E7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#78D4E7 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 212, 231 and HSL 190°, 70%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78D4E7#78D4E7
HEX#78D4E7
RGBrgb(120, 212, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8314, 0.9059
RGB percentages47.1%, 83.1%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(190.3, 69.8%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 48.1%, 90.6%)
CMYK48.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,918,823
CSS custom property--colour: #78D4E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.37:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#872B18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CEE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3C1E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3ADCDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 13.7Powder blue · ΔE 14.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.4Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E78B78
Analogous#78E7C2, #789DE7
Triadic#E778D4, #D4E778
Split complementary#E7789D, #E7C378
Tetradic#C278E7, #E78B78, #9DE778

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFDFE
Lighter +20%#CFF0F6
Lighter +10%#A3E2EF
Darker −10%#4DC6DF
Darker −20%#26B6D3
Darker −30%#1E90A8
Darker −40%#166B7D
More saturated +25%#64E1FB
Less saturated −25%#8CC7D3

Channel breakdown

R120
G212
B231
Red120 (47.1%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue190.27°
Saturation (HSL)69.81%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G D4 · B E7

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