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Recognised as Colour

#179F78

  • #179F78
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#179F78 is a cyan with RGB values 23, 159, 120 and HSL 163°, 75%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#179F78#179F78
HEX#179F78
RGBrgb(23, 159, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.6235, 0.4706
RGB percentages9%, 62.4%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(162.8, 74.7%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.8, 85.5%, 62.4%)
CMYK85.5%, 0%, 24.5%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,548,152
CSS custom property--colour: #179F78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.27:1
Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#E86087

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9376no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B887Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00A094no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 12.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 15.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.3Light seagreen · ΔE 19.7Dark cyan · ΔE 24.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 12.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F173E
Analogous#179F34, #17829F
Triadic#78179F, #9F7817
Split complementary#9F1782, #9F3417
Tetradic#34179F, #9F173E, #829F17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93EFD5
Lighter +30%#66E9C3
Lighter +20%#3AE2B2
Lighter +10%#1DCC9A
Darker −10%#117256
Darker −20%#0A4635
Darker −30%#041913
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B682
Less saturated −25%#2E886E

Channel breakdown

R23
G159
B120
Red23 (9%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue162.79°
Saturation (HSL)74.73%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 17 · G 9F · B 78

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