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Recognised as Colour

#78DED6

  • #78DED6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#78DED6 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 222, 214 and HSL 175°, 61%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#78DED6#78DED6
HEX#78DED6
RGBrgb(120, 222, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8706, 0.8392
RGB percentages47.1%, 87.1%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(175.3, 60.7%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.3, 45.9%, 87.1%)
CMYK45.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,921,366
CSS custom property--colour: #78DED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.22:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#872129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D5D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C8D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#45E3DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.5Turquoise · ΔE 12.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.6Light seagreen · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE7880
Analogous#78DEA3, #78B3DE
Triadic#D678DE, #DED678
Split complementary#DE78B3, #DEA378
Tetradic#A378DE, #DE7880, #B3DE78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3FCFB
Lighter +20%#CAF2EF
Lighter +10%#A1E8E2
Darker −10%#4FD4CA
Darker −20%#2FC1B5
Darker −30%#25988F
Darker −40%#1B6F68
More saturated +25%#63F3E8
Less saturated −25%#8DC9C4

Channel breakdown

R120
G222
B214
Red120 (47.1%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue175.29°
Saturation (HSL)60.71%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G DE · B D6

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