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Recognised as Colour

#78D6FA

  • #78D6FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#78D6FA is a cyan with RGB values 120, 214, 250 and HSL 197°, 93%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78D6FA#78D6FA
HEX#78D6FA
RGBrgb(120, 214, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8392, 0.9804
RGB percentages47.1%, 83.9%, 98%
HSLhsl(196.6, 92.9%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 52%, 98%)
CMYK52%, 14.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,919,354
CSS custom property--colour: #78D6FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.8:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#872905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2D2FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFC4FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#1EE1E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.3Light skyblue · ΔE 8Light blue · ΔE 16.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.6Powder blue · ΔE 19.3Light steelblue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA9C78
Analogous#78FADD, #7895FA
Triadic#FA78D6, #D6FA78
Split complementary#FA7895, #FADD78
Tetradic#DD78FA, #FA9C78, #95FA78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAF4FE
Lighter +10%#A9E5FC
Darker −10%#47C7F8
Darker −20%#16B8F6
Darker −30%#0899D1
Darker −40%#0675A0
More saturated +25%#73D8FF
Less saturated −25%#8ACEE8

Channel breakdown

R120
G214
B250
Red120 (47.1%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue196.62°
Saturation (HSL)92.86%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G D6 · B FA

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