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Recognised as Colour

#078070

  • #078070
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#078070 is a cyan with RGB values 7, 128, 112 and HSL 172°, 90%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#078070#078070
HEX#078070
RGBrgb(7, 128, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.502, 0.4392
RGB percentages2.7%, 50.2%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(172.1, 89.6%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 94.5%, 50.2%)
CMYK94.5%, 0%, 12.5%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer491,632
CSS custom property--colour: #078070;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16653WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#F87F8F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A776Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C6D71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#00827Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 9.9Dark cyan · ΔE 10.7Light seagreen · ΔE 19.6Cadetblue · ΔE 20.7Sea green · ΔE 21Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#800717
Analogous#078034, #075380
Triadic#700780, #807007
Split complementary#800753, #803407
Tetradic#340780, #800717, #538007

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5DF6E2
Lighter +30%#2DF3D9
Lighter +20%#0CE1C5
Lighter +10%#0AB09A
Darker −10%#045046
Darker −20%#021F1B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008775
Less saturated −25%#186F64

Channel breakdown

R7
G128
B112
Red7 (2.7%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue172.07°
Saturation (HSL)89.63%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 07 · G 80 · B 70

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