Recognised as Colour

#78F0EA

#78F0EA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#78F0EA is a cyan with RGB values 120, 240, 234 and HSL 177°, 80%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#78F0EA#78F0EA

HEX#78F0EA

RGBrgb(120, 240, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.9412, 0.9176

RGB percentages47.1%, 94.1%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(177, 80%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177, 50%, 94.1%)

CMYK50%, 0%, 2.5%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,925,994

CSS custom property--colour: #78F0EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.45:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#870F15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4E6EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0D7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Tritanopia#29F6EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.5 Turquoise · ΔE 11.7 Aqua · ΔE 14.8 Cyan · ΔE 14.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15 Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 11.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F0787E

Analogous#78F0AE, #78BAF0

Triadic#EA78F0, #F0EA78

Split complementary#F078BA, #F0AE78

Tetradic#AE78F0, #F0787E, #BAF078

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D4FAF8

Lighter +10%#A6F5F1

Darker −10%#4AEBE3

Darker −20%#1CE6DC

Darker −30%#15BAB2

Darker −40%#108C86

More saturated +25%#69FFF8

Less saturated −25%#8BDDD9

Channel breakdown

R120

G240

B234

Red120 (47.1%)

Green240 (94.1%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue177°

Saturation (HSL)80%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 78 · G F0 · B EA

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