Colour

#79978F

#79978F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#79978F is a cyan with RGB values 121, 151, 143 and HSL 164°, 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

#79978F#79978F

HEX#79978F

RGBrgb(121, 151, 143)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5922, 0.5608

RGB percentages47.5%, 59.2%, 56.1%

HSLhsl(164, 12.6%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(164, 19.9%, 59.2%)

CMYK19.9%, 0%, 5.3%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,968,655

CSS custom property--colour: #79978F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.64:1

Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#866870

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#95938Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8F90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Tritanopia#729894no 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 text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.1 Gray · ΔE 13.8 Dark grey · ΔE 15.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 16 Slate grey · ΔE 16.8 Dim grey · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#977981

Analogous#799780, #799097

Triadic#8F7997, #978F79

Split complementary#977990, #978079

Tetradic#807997, #977981, #909779

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECF0EF

Lighter +30%#CFDAD7

Lighter +20%#B2C4BF

Lighter +10%#96ADA7

Darker −10%#617C75

Darker −20%#4A605A

Darker −30%#34433F

Darker −40%#1E2624

More saturated +25%#5BB59D

Less saturated −25%#888888

Channel breakdown

R121

G151

B143

Red121 (47.5%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue143 (56.1%)

Hue164°

Saturation (HSL)12.61%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G 97 · B 8F

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