Colour

#78E0EF

#78E0EF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#78E0EF is a cyan with RGB values 120, 224, 239 and HSL 188°, 79%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#78E0EF#78E0EF

HEX#78E0EF

RGBrgb(120, 224, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8784, 0.9373

RGB percentages47.1%, 87.8%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(187.6, 78.8%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.6, 49.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK49.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,921,903

CSS custom property--colour: #78E0EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#871F10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D9F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#BECBEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Tritanopia#2BE8E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.8 Powder blue · ΔE 15.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4 Light blue · ΔE 16.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EF8778

Analogous#78EFC2, #78A5EF

Triadic#EF78E0, #E0EF78

Split complementary#EF78A5, #EFC278

Tetradic#C278EF, #EF8778, #A5EF78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D3F5FA

Lighter +10%#A6EAF4

Darker −10%#4AD6EA

Darker −20%#1DCBE4

Darker −30%#16A4B8

Darker −40%#107B8B

More saturated +25%#68ECFF

Less saturated −25%#8BD2DC

Channel breakdown

R120

G224

B239

Red120 (47.1%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue187.56°

Saturation (HSL)78.81%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G E0 · B EF

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