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Recognised as Colour

#79919B

  • #79919B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#79919B is a cyan with RGB values 121, 145, 155 and HSL 198°, 15%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#79919B#79919B
HEX#79919B
RGBrgb(121, 145, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5686, 0.6078
RGB percentages47.5%, 56.9%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(197.6, 14.5%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 21.9%, 60.8%)
CMYK21.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,967,131
CSS custom property--colour: #79919B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.34:1
Contrast with white3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#866E64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B909Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#868B9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6F9494no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 5.7Slate grey · ΔE 7.5Gray · ΔE 11.4Cadetblue · ΔE 13.7Dark grey · ΔE 14.7Dim grey · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 5.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B8379
Analogous#799B94, #79809B
Triadic#9B7991, #919B79
Split complementary#9B7980, #9B9479
Tetradic#94799B, #9B8379, #809B79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEF1F2
Lighter +30%#D1D9DC
Lighter +20%#B3C1C7
Lighter +10%#96A9B1
Darker −10%#607781
Darker −20%#4A5C64
Darker −30%#354146
Darker −40%#1F2629
More saturated +25%#5C9DB8
Less saturated −25%#8A8A8A

Channel breakdown

R121
G145
B155
Red121 (47.5%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue197.65°
Saturation (HSL)14.53%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 91 · B 9B

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