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Recognised as Colour

#78E2D0

  • #78E2D0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#78E2D0 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 226, 208 and HSL 170°, 65%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#78E2D0#78E2D0
HEX#78E2D0
RGBrgb(120, 226, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.8863, 0.8157
RGB percentages47.1%, 88.6%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(169.8, 64.6%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.8, 46.9%, 88.6%)
CMYK46.9%, 0%, 8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,922,384
CSS custom property--colour: #78E2D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.59:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#871D2F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAD7CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CBD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#48E5DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 16Aquamarine · ΔE 17.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2788A
Analogous#78E29B, #78BFE2
Triadic#D078E2, #E2D078
Split complementary#E278BF, #E29B78
Tetradic#9B78E2, #E2788A, #BFE278

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6FDFC
Lighter +20%#CCF4ED
Lighter +10%#A2EBDF
Darker −10%#4ED9C1
Darker −20%#2BC9AE
Darker −30%#229F8A
Darker −40%#197565
More saturated +25%#64F7DE
Less saturated −25%#8DCEC2

Channel breakdown

R120
G226
B208
Red120 (47.1%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue169.81°
Saturation (HSL)64.63%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G E2 · B D0

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