Recognised as Colour
#79A495
- #79A495
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Cadetblue
#79A495 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 164, 149 and HSL 159°, 19%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.
Colour values
#79A495#79A495
HEX#79A495
RGBrgb(121, 164, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6431, 0.5843
RGB percentages47.5%, 64.3%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(159.1, 19.1%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.1, 26.2%, 64.3%)
CMYK26.2%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,971,989
CSS custom property--colour: #79A495;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.32786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#865B6A
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#A47988
Analogous#79A47F, #799EA4
Triadic#9579A4, #A49579
Split complementary#A4799E, #A47F79
Tetradic#7F79A4, #A47988, #9EA479
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R121
G164
B149
Red121 (47.5%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue159.07°
Saturation (HSL)19.11%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G A4 · B 95
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