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Recognised as Colour

#78D9DC

  • #78D9DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#78D9DC is a cyan with RGB values 120, 217, 220 and HSL 182°, 59%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#78D9DC#78D9DC
HEX#78D9DC
RGBrgb(120, 217, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.851, 0.8627
RGB percentages47.1%, 85.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(181.8, 58.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.8, 45.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK45.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,920,092
CSS custom property--colour: #78D9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.76:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#872623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD1DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC4DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Tritanopia#42DFDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 14Powder blue · ΔE 14.8Sky blue · ΔE 17Light blue · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 10.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC7B78
Analogous#78DCAD, #78A7DC
Triadic#DC78D9, #D9DC78
Split complementary#DC78A7, #DCAD78
Tetradic#AD78DC, #DC7B78, #A7DC78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2FBFB
Lighter +20%#C9F0F1
Lighter +10%#A1E4E7
Darker −10%#50CED2
Darker −20%#31B9BD
Darker −30%#269195
Darker −40%#1C6A6C
More saturated +25%#63EDF1
Less saturated −25%#8DC5C7

Channel breakdown

R120
G217
B220
Red120 (47.1%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue181.8°
Saturation (HSL)58.82%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G D9 · B DC

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