Colour

#799E9F

#799E9F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#799E9F is a cyan with RGB values 121, 158, 159 and HSL 182°, 17%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#799E9F#799E9F

HEX#799E9F

RGBrgb(121, 158, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6196, 0.6235

RGB percentages47.5%, 62%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(181.6, 16.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.6, 23.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK23.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,970,463

CSS custom property--colour: #799E9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.2:1

Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#866160

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#999A9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#92959Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Tritanopia#6DA19Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 13.7 Dark grey · ΔE 14.8 Slate grey · ΔE 15.3 Gray · ΔE 16 Silver · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.93, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9F7A79

Analogous#799F8D, #798B9F

Triadic#9F799E, #9E9F79

Split complementary#9F798B, #9F8D79

Tetradic#8D799F, #9F7A79, #8B9F79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0F4F4

Lighter +30%#D2DFDF

Lighter +20%#B4C9CA

Lighter +10%#97B4B4

Darker −10%#608485

Darker −20%#4A6768

Darker −30%#35494A

Darker −40%#202C2C

More saturated +25%#5CB9BC

Less saturated −25%#8C8C8C

Channel breakdown

R121

G158

B159

Red121 (47.5%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue181.58°

Saturation (HSL)16.52%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 9E · B 9F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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