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Recognised as Colour

#79978A

  • #79978A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#79978A is a cyan with RGB values 121, 151, 138 and HSL 154°, 13%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#79978A#79978A
HEX#79978A
RGBrgb(121, 151, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5922, 0.5412
RGB percentages47.5%, 59.2%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(154, 12.6%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154, 19.9%, 59.2%)
CMYK19.9%, 0%, 8.6%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,968,650
CSS custom property--colour: #79978A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#866875

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969389no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#908F8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#739793no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 12.6Gray · ΔE 15.1Dark grey · ΔE 16.5Light slate grey · ΔE 18.6Slate grey · ΔE 19.2Dim grey · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#977986
Analogous#79977B, #799597
Triadic#8A7997, #978A79
Split complementary#977995, #977B79
Tetradic#7B7997, #977986, #959779

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECF0EE
Lighter +30%#CFDAD5
Lighter +20%#B2C4BC
Lighter +10%#96ADA3
Darker −10%#617C70
Darker −20%#4A6056
Darker −30%#34433D
Darker −40%#1E2623
More saturated +25%#5BB58E
Less saturated −25%#888888

Channel breakdown

R121
G151
B138
Red121 (47.5%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue154°
Saturation (HSL)12.61%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G 97 · B 8A

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