Recognised as Colour
#078A79
- #078A79
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark cyan
#078A79 is a cyan with RGB values 7, 138, 121 and HSL 172°, 90%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.
Colour values
#078A79#078A79
HEX#078A79
RGBrgb(7, 138, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.5412, 0.4745
RGB percentages2.7%, 54.1%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(172.2, 90.3%, 28.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 94.9%, 54.1%)
CMYK94.9%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer494,201
CSS custom property--colour: #078A79;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.19603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#F87586
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8A0718
Analogous#078A37, #07598A
Triadic#79078A, #8A7907
Split complementary#8A0759, #8A3707
Tetradic#38078A, #8A0718, #5A8A07
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R7
G138
B121
Red7 (2.7%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue172.21°
Saturation (HSL)90.34%
Lightness28.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 07 · G 8A · B 79
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