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Recognised as Colour

#78DCD5

  • #78DCD5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#78DCD5 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 220, 213 and HSL 176°, 59%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#78DCD5#78DCD5
HEX#78DCD5
RGBrgb(120, 220, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8627, 0.8353
RGB percentages47.1%, 86.3%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(175.8, 58.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.8, 45.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK45.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,920,853
CSS custom property--colour: #78DCD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#87232A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D3D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C6D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Tritanopia#46E1DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.5Turquoise · ΔE 13.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 14Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17Light seagreen · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC787F
Analogous#78DCA3, #78B1DC
Triadic#D578DC, #DCD578
Split complementary#DC78B1, #DCA378
Tetradic#A378DC, #DC787F, #B1DC78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2FBFB
Lighter +20%#C9F1EE
Lighter +10%#A1E7E2
Darker −10%#50D2C8
Darker −20%#31BDB3
Darker −30%#26958D
Darker −40%#1C6C66
More saturated +25%#63F1E7
Less saturated −25%#8DC7C3

Channel breakdown

R120
G220
B213
Red120 (47.1%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue175.8°
Saturation (HSL)58.82%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G DC · B D5

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