Colour

#78DAED

#78DAED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#78DAED is a cyan with RGB values 120, 218, 237 and HSL 190°, 76%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78DAED#78DAED

HEX#78DAED

RGBrgb(120, 218, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8549, 0.9294

RGB percentages47.1%, 85.5%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(189.7, 76.5%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 49.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK49.4%, 8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,920,365

CSS custom property--colour: #78DAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.05:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#872512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CAD4EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8C6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Tritanopia#31E2E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.9 Light blue · ΔE 14.7 Powder blue · ΔE 14.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ED8B78

Analogous#78EDC5, #78A0ED

Triadic#ED78DA, #DAED78

Split complementary#ED78A0, #EDC578

Tetradic#C578ED, #ED8B78, #A0ED78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D2F3F9

Lighter +10%#A5E6F3

Darker −10%#4BCEE7

Darker −20%#1EC1E1

Darker −30%#189BB4

Darker −40%#127487

More saturated +25%#66E6FF

Less saturated −25%#8BCDDA

Channel breakdown

R120

G218

B237

Red120 (47.1%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue189.74°

Saturation (HSL)76.47%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G DA · B ED

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