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Recognised as Colour

#00C79F

  • #00C79F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#00C79F is a cyan with RGB values 0, 199, 159 and HSL 168°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#00C79F#00C79F
HEX#00C79F
RGBrgb(0, 199, 159)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7804, 0.6235
RGB percentages0%, 78%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(167.9, 100%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.9, 100%, 78%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 20.1%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer51,103
CSS custom property--colour: #00C79F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4335WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.67:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#FF3860

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0B99Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACAAA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.3Turquoise · ΔE 17.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.4Light seagreen · ΔE 20.9Aquamarine · ΔE 21Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C70028
Analogous#00C73B, #008CC7
Triadic#9F00C7, #C79F00
Split complementary#C7008C, #C73B00
Tetradic#3C00C7, #C70028, #8CC700

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#94FFE9
Lighter +30%#61FFDF
Lighter +20%#2EFFD5
Lighter +10%#00FAC8
Darker −10%#009476
Darker −20%#00614E
Darker −30%#002E25
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C79F
Less saturated −25%#19AE90

Channel breakdown

R0
G199
B159
Red0 (0%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue167.94°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G C7 · B 9F

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