Colour
#008B79
- #008B79
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark cyan
#008B79 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 139, 121 and HSL 172°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.
Colour values
#008B79#008B79
HEX#008B79
RGBrgb(0, 139, 121)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5451, 0.4745
RGB percentages0%, 54.5%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(172.2, 100%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 100%, 54.5%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer35,705
CSS custom property--colour: #008B79;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.19846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#FF7486
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8B0012
Analogous#008B34, #00578B
Triadic#79008B, #8B7900
Split complementary#8B0057, #8B3400
Tetradic#34008B, #8B0012, #578B00
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G139
B121
Red0 (0%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue172.23°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 8B · B 79
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