Recognised as Colour

#79928D

#79928D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#79928D is a cyan with RGB values 121, 146, 141 and HSL 168°, 10%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

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HEX#79928D

RGBrgb(121, 146, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5725, 0.5529

RGB percentages47.5%, 57.3%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(168, 10.3%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168, 17.1%, 57.3%)

CMYK17.1%, 0%, 3.4%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,967,373

CSS custom property--colour: #79928D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.31:1

Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#866D72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#908F8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B8B8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Tritanopia#739390no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 11.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 12.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 13.5 Slate grey · ΔE 14.1 Dark grey · ΔE 14.6 Dim grey · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 11.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#92797E

Analogous#799281, #798B92

Triadic#8D7992, #928D79

Split complementary#92798B, #928179

Tetradic#807992, #92797E, #8A9279

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9EEED

Lighter +30%#CDD7D5

Lighter +20%#B1C0BD

Lighter +10%#95A9A5

Darker −10%#617773

Darker −20%#4A5B58

Darker −30%#333F3D

Darker −40%#1C2321

More saturated +25%#5BB09F

Less saturated −25%#858585

Channel breakdown

R121

G146

B141

Red121 (47.5%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue168°

Saturation (HSL)10.29%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G 92 · B 8D

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Colour harmonies

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