Colour

#127A79

#127A79
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#127A79 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 122, 121 and HSL 179°, 74%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#127A79

RGBrgb(18, 122, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.4784, 0.4745

RGB percentages7.1%, 47.8%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(179.4, 74.3%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.4, 85.2%, 47.8%)

CMYK85.2%, 0%, 0.8%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,211,001

CSS custom property--colour: #127A79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#646464

Inverted#ED8586

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#717379no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#64697Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Tritanopia#007E79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 2.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 7.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 22.2 Slate grey · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 2.94, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7A1213

Analogous#127A45, #12477A

Triadic#79127A, #7A7912

Split complementary#7A1247, #7A4512

Tetradic#45127A, #7A1213, #477A12

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#6EEAE8

Lighter +30%#42E3E2

Lighter +20%#1FD3D1

Lighter +10%#19A6A5

Darker −10%#0B4E4D

Darker −20%#052121

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#018C8A

Less saturated −25%#246968

Channel breakdown

R18

G122

B121

Red18 (7.1%)

Green122 (47.8%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue179.42°

Saturation (HSL)74.29%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 12 · G 7A · B 79

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