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Recognised as Colour

#78FFCD

  • #78FFCD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#78FFCD is a cyan with RGB values 120, 255, 205 and HSL 158°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#78FFCD#78FFCD
HEX#78FFCD
RGBrgb(120, 255, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 1, 0.8039
RGB percentages47.1%, 100%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(157.8, 100%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.8, 52.9%, 100%)
CMYK52.9%, 0%, 19.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,929,805
CSS custom property--colour: #78FFCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.98:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#870032

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FAF0CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E1D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3FFFF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 4.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.5Turquoise · ΔE 20.2Light green · ΔE 24.8Pale green · ΔE 25.8Aqua · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 4.3, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF78AA
Analogous#78FF8A, #78EDFF
Triadic#CD78FF, #FFCD78
Split complementary#FF78ED, #FF8A78
Tetradic#8A78FF, #FF78AA, #EEFF78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEFFF3
Lighter +10%#ABFFE0
Darker −10%#45FFBA
Darker −20%#12FFA7
Darker −30%#00DE8C
Darker −40%#00AB6C
More saturated +25%#78FFCD
Less saturated −25%#89EEC9

Channel breakdown

R120
G255
B205
Red120 (47.1%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue157.78°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 78 · G FF · B CD

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