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Recognised as Colour

#78D6EC

  • #78D6EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#78D6EC is a cyan with RGB values 120, 214, 236 and HSL 191°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78D6EC#78D6EC
HEX#78D6EC
RGBrgb(120, 214, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8392, 0.9255
RGB percentages47.1%, 83.9%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(191.4, 75.3%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.4, 49.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK49.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,919,340
CSS custom property--colour: #78D6EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.63:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#872913

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D0EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C3ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#34DFDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.7Light blue · ΔE 14.1Light skyblue · ΔE 14.5Powder blue · ΔE 14.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC8E78
Analogous#78ECC8, #789CEC
Triadic#EC78D6, #D6EC78
Split complementary#EC789C, #ECC878
Tetradic#C878EC, #EC8E78, #9CEC78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#D1F1F9
Lighter +10%#A5E4F2
Darker −10%#4BC8E6
Darker −20%#1FBADF
Darker −30%#1995B2
Darker −40%#137085
More saturated +25%#65E2FF
Less saturated −25%#8BCAD9

Channel breakdown

R120
G214
B236
Red120 (47.1%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue191.38°
Saturation (HSL)75.32%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G D6 · B EC

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