Recognised as Colour

#78EEB8

#78EEB8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#78EEB8 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 238, 184 and HSL 153°, 78%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#78EEB8

RGBrgb(120, 238, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.9333, 0.7216

RGB percentages47.1%, 93.3%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(152.5, 77.6%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(152.5, 49.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK49.6%, 0%, 22.7%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,925,432

CSS custom property--colour: #78EEB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.72:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#871147

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBDFB5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9D3BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#52EEDFno 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 text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 8.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15 Turquoise · ΔE 20.8 Light green · ΔE 20.9 Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.7 Pale green · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE78AE

Analogous#78EE7D, #78E9EE

Triadic#B878EE, #EEB878

Split complementary#EE78E9, #EE7D78

Tetradic#7D78EE, #EE78AE, #E9EE78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D3F9E8

Lighter +10%#A5F4D0

Darker −10%#4BE8A0

Darker −20%#1DE388

Darker −30%#17B66D

Darker −40%#118952

More saturated +25%#67FFB9

Less saturated −25%#8BDBB6

Channel breakdown

R120

G238

B184

Red120 (47.1%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue152.54°

Saturation (HSL)77.63%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 78 · G EE · B B8

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