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Recognised as Colour

#78D6BD

  • #78D6BD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#78D6BD is a cyan with RGB values 120, 214, 189 and HSL 164°, 53%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#78D6BD#78D6BD
HEX#78D6BD
RGBrgb(120, 214, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8392, 0.7412
RGB percentages47.1%, 83.9%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(164, 53.4%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164, 43.9%, 83.9%)
CMYK43.9%, 0%, 11.7%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,919,293
CSS custom property--colour: #78D6BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.15:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#872942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0CCBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C0BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#56D8CEno 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 text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.8Turquoise · ΔE 13Light seagreen · ΔE 17.4Aquamarine · ΔE 18.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D67891
Analogous#78D68E, #78C0D6
Triadic#BD78D6, #D6BD78
Split complementary#D678C0, #D68E78
Tetradic#8E78D6, #D67891, #C0D678

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDFAF6
Lighter +20%#C6EEE3
Lighter +10%#9FE2D0
Darker −10%#51CAAA
Darker −20%#36B291
Darker −30%#2A8B71
Darker −40%#1E6451
More saturated +25%#62ECC7
Less saturated −25%#8EC0B3

Channel breakdown

R120
G214
B189
Red120 (47.1%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue164.04°
Saturation (HSL)53.41%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G D6 · B BD

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