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Recognised as Colour

#78DEC8

  • #78DEC8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#78DEC8 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 222, 200 and HSL 167°, 61%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#78DEC8#78DEC8
HEX#78DEC8
RGBrgb(120, 222, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8706, 0.7843
RGB percentages47.1%, 87.1%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(167.1, 60.7%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.1, 45.9%, 87.1%)
CMYK45.9%, 0%, 9.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,921,352
CSS custom property--colour: #78DEC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.08:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#872137

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D3C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6C7CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4EE1D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 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 text13.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.8Turquoise · ΔE 10.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4Aquamarine · ΔE 16.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.3Light seagreen · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE788E
Analogous#78DE95, #78C1DE
Triadic#C878DE, #DEC878
Split complementary#DE78C1, #DE9578
Tetradic#9578DE, #DE788E, #C1DE78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3FCFA
Lighter +20%#CAF2E9
Lighter +10%#A1E8D9
Darker −10%#4FD4B7
Darker −20%#2FC1A1
Darker −30%#25987F
Darker −40%#1B6F5D
More saturated +25%#63F3D4
Less saturated −25%#8DC9BC

Channel breakdown

R120
G222
B200
Red120 (47.1%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue167.06°
Saturation (HSL)60.71%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G DE · B C8

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