Colour

#78EAF8

#78EAF8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#78EAF8 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 234, 248 and HSL 187°, 90%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#78EAF8

RGBrgb(120, 234, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.9176, 0.9725

RGB percentages47.1%, 91.8%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(186.6, 90.1%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.6, 51.6%, 97.3%)

CMYK51.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,924,472

CSS custom property--colour: #78EAF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.92:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#871507

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAE2F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6D3F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Tritanopia#0FF2EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.5 Sky blue · ΔE 16.5 Powder blue · ΔE 17.1 Light blue · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 14.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F88678

Analogous#78F8C6, #78AAF8

Triadic#F878EA, #EAF878

Split complementary#F878AA, #F8C678

Tetradic#C678F8, #F88678, #AAF878

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D9F9FD

Lighter +10%#A8F2FB

Darker −10%#48E2F5

Darker −20%#17DBF3

Darker −30%#0BB7CC

Darker −40%#088C9C

More saturated +25%#71EFFF

Less saturated −25%#8ADCE6

Channel breakdown

R120

G234

B248

Red120 (47.1%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue186.56°

Saturation (HSL)90.14%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G EA · B F8

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