Recognised as Colour
#127C79
- #127C79
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#127C79 is a cyan with RGB values 18, 124, 121 and HSL 178°, 75%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#127C79#127C79
HEX#127C79
RGBrgb(18, 124, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.0706, 0.4863, 0.4745
RGB percentages7.1%, 48.6%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(178.3, 74.6%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.3, 85.5%, 48.6%)
CMYK85.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,211,513
CSS custom property--colour: #127C79;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.15924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#ED8386
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7C1215
Analogous#127C44, #124A7C
Triadic#79127C, #7C7912
Split complementary#7C124A, #7C4412
Tetradic#44127C, #7C1215, #4A7C12
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R18
G124
B121
Red18 (7.1%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue178.3°
Saturation (HSL)74.65%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 12 · G 7C · B 79
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