Recognised as Colour

#78DCAD

#78DCAD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#78DCAD is a cyan with RGB values 120, 220, 173 and HSL 152°, 59%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#78DCAD#78DCAD

HEX#78DCAD

RGBrgb(120, 220, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8627, 0.6784

RGB percentages47.1%, 86.3%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(151.8, 58.8%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(151.8, 45.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK45.5%, 0%, 21.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,920,813

CSS custom property--colour: #78DCAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.64:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#872352

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9CFAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Deuteranopia#CAC4B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Tritanopia#5CDCCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 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 text12.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.2 Turquoise · ΔE 18.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.8 Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.95, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC78A7

Analogous#78DC7B, #78D9DC

Triadic#AD78DC, #DCAD78

Split complementary#DC78D9, #DC7B78

Tetradic#7B78DC, #DC78A7, #D9DC78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2FBF7

Lighter +20%#C9F1DE

Lighter +10%#A1E7C6

Darker −10%#50D294

Darker −20%#31BD7B

Darker −30%#269561

Darker −40%#1C6C46

More saturated +25%#63F1AE

Less saturated −25%#8DC7AC

Channel breakdown

R120

G220

B173

Red120 (47.1%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue151.8°

Saturation (HSL)58.82%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 78 · G DC · B AD

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