Colour

#79958E

#79958E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#79958E is a cyan with RGB values 121, 149, 142 and HSL 165°, 12%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#79958E#79958E

HEX#79958E

RGBrgb(121, 149, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5843, 0.5569

RGB percentages47.5%, 58.4%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(165, 11.7%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(165, 18.8%, 58.4%)

CMYK18.8%, 0%, 4.7%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,968,142

CSS custom property--colour: #79958E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27513WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.5:1

Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#866A71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#93918Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8E8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#729693no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.6 Gray · ΔE 12.7 Dark grey · ΔE 15 Light slate grey · ΔE 15.1 Slate grey · ΔE 15.8 Dim grey · ΔE 18.8

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#957980

Analogous#799580, #798E95

Triadic#8E7995, #958E79

Split complementary#95798E, #958079

Tetradic#807995, #957980, #8E9579

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBEFEE

Lighter +30%#CED9D6

Lighter +20%#B2C2BE

Lighter +10%#95ACA6

Darker −10%#617A74

Darker −20%#4A5E59

Darker −30%#34413E

Darker −40%#1D2523

More saturated +25%#5BB39D

Less saturated −25%#878787

Channel breakdown

R121

G149

B142

Red121 (47.5%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue165°

Saturation (HSL)11.67%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G 95 · B 8E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#79958E

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else