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Recognised as Colour

#079FA3

  • #079FA3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#079FA3 is a cyan with RGB values 7, 159, 163 and HSL 182°, 92%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#079FA3#079FA3
HEX#079FA3
RGBrgb(7, 159, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.6235, 0.6392
RGB percentages2.7%, 62.4%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(181.5, 91.8%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.5, 95.7%, 63.9%)
CMYK95.7%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer499,619
CSS custom property--colour: #079FA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.5:1
Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#F8605C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9397A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8089A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00A5A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 8Light seagreen · ΔE 10Teal · ΔE 12.2Cadetblue · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 7.96, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A30B07
Analogous#07A359, #0751A3
Triadic#A3079F, #9FA307
Split complementary#A30751, #A35907
Tetradic#5907A3, #A30B07, #51A307

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7DF6F9
Lighter +30%#4CF3F7
Lighter +20%#1BF0F5
Lighter +10%#09CFD4
Darker −10%#056F72
Darker −20%#034041
Darker −30%#011010
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A6AA
Less saturated −25%#1C8B8E

Channel breakdown

R7
G159
B163
Red7 (2.7%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue181.54°
Saturation (HSL)91.76%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 9F · B A3

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