Recognised as Colour
#217A79
- #217A79
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#217A79 is a cyan with RGB values 33, 122, 121 and HSL 179°, 57%, 30%. 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
#217A79#217A79
HEX#217A79
RGBrgb(33, 122, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.1294, 0.4784, 0.4745
RGB percentages12.9%, 47.8%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(179.3, 57.4%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 73%, 47.8%)
CMYK73%, 0%, 0.8%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,194,041
CSS custom property--colour: #217A79;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.15623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.09:1
Contrast with white5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#DE8586
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7A2122
Analogous#217A4D, #214E7A
Triadic#79217A, #7A7921
Split complementary#7A214E, #7A4D21
Tetradic#4D217A, #7A2122, #4E7A21
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R33
G122
B121
Red33 (12.9%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue179.33°
Saturation (HSL)57.42%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 21 · G 7A · B 79
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