Recognised as Colour

#78ECB6

#78ECB6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#78ECB6 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 236, 182 and HSL 152°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#78ECB6

RGBrgb(120, 236, 182)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.9255, 0.7137

RGB percentages47.1%, 92.5%, 71.4%

HSLhsl(152.1, 75.3%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(152.1, 49.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK49.2%, 0%, 22.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,924,918

CSS custom property--colour: #78ECB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.47:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#871349

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9DEB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8D1B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Tritanopia#54ECDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 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 text14.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.5 Turquoise · ΔE 20.8 Light green · ΔE 20.8 Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.2 Pale green · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 9.09, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EC78AE

Analogous#78EC7C, #78E8EC

Triadic#B678EC, #ECB678

Split complementary#EC78E8, #EC7C78

Tetradic#7C78EC, #EC78AE, #E8EC78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFFFF

Lighter +20%#D1F9E6

Lighter +10%#A5F2CE

Darker −10%#4BE69E

Darker −20%#1FDF86

Darker −30%#19B26B

Darker −40%#138550

More saturated +25%#65FFB7

Less saturated −25%#8BD9B5

Channel breakdown

R120

G236

B182

Red120 (47.1%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue182 (71.4%)

Hue152.07°

Saturation (HSL)75.32%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 78 · G EC · B B6

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Colour values

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