Recognised as Colour

#78FFE4

#78FFE4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#78FFE4 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 255, 228 and HSL 168°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#78FFE4#78FFE4

HEX#78FFE4

RGBrgb(120, 255, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 1, 0.8941

RGB percentages47.1%, 100%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(168, 100%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168, 52.9%, 100%)

CMYK52.9%, 0%, 10.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,929,828

CSS custom property--colour: #78FFE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81115WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.22:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#87001B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6F2E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1E2E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original

Tritanopia#27FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 8.4 Turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Aqua · ΔE 16.5 Cyan · ΔE 16.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 8.35, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF7893

Analogous#78FFA1, #78D7FF

Triadic#E478FF, #FFE478

Split complementary#FF78D7, #FFA178

Tetradic#A178FF, #FF7893, #D7FF78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DEFFF8

Lighter +10%#ABFFEE

Darker −10%#45FFDA

Darker −20%#12FFD0

Darker −30%#00DEB2

Darker −40%#00AB89

More saturated +25%#78FFE4

Less saturated −25%#89EEDA

Channel breakdown

R120

G255

B228

Red120 (47.1%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue168°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 78 · G FF · B E4

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Colour harmonies

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