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Recognised as Colour

#78E9DB

  • #78E9DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#78E9DB is a cyan with RGB values 120, 233, 219 and HSL 173°, 72%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#78E9DB#78E9DB
HEX#78E9DB
RGBrgb(120, 233, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.9137, 0.8588
RGB percentages47.1%, 91.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(172.6, 72%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.6, 48.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK48.5%, 0%, 6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,924,187
CSS custom property--colour: #78E9DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.48:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#871624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFDEDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD1DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#3DEDE4no 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 text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.9Aquamarine · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E97886
Analogous#78E9A3, #78BEE9
Triadic#DB78E9, #E9DB78
Split complementary#E978BE, #E9A378
Tetradic#A378E9, #E97886, #BEE978

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFEFE
Lighter +20%#D0F7F2
Lighter +10%#A4F0E7
Darker −10%#4CE2CF
Darker −20%#23D8C1
Darker −30%#1CAC9A
Darker −40%#158073
More saturated +25%#64FDEA
Less saturated −25%#8CD5CC

Channel breakdown

R120
G233
B219
Red120 (47.1%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue172.57°
Saturation (HSL)71.97%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G E9 · B DB

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