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Recognised as Colour

#78EADC

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

#78EADC is a cyan with RGB values 120, 234, 220 and HSL 173°, 73%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#78EADC#78EADC
HEX#78EADC
RGBrgb(120, 234, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.9176, 0.8627
RGB percentages47.1%, 91.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(172.6, 73.1%, 69.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.6, 48.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK48.7%, 0%, 6%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,924,444
CSS custom property--colour: #78EADC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.6:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#871523

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0DFDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED1DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Tritanopia#3CEEE5no 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 text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 17Aqua · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.54, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA7886
Analogous#78EAA3, #78BFEA
Triadic#DC78EA, #EADC78
Split complementary#EA78BF, #EAA378
Tetradic#A378EA, #EA7886, #BFEA78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFFFE
Lighter +20%#D0F8F3
Lighter +10%#A4F1E7
Darker −10%#4CE3D1
Darker −20%#22DAC3
Darker −30%#1BAE9C
Darker −40%#148274
More saturated +25%#65FEEB
Less saturated −25%#8CD7CD

Channel breakdown

R120
G234
B220
Red120 (47.1%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue172.63°
Saturation (HSL)73.08%
Lightness69.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G EA · B DC

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