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Recognised as Colour

#79A7AA

  • #79A7AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#79A7AA is a cyan with RGB values 121, 167, 170 and HSL 184°, 22%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#79A7AA#79A7AA
HEX#79A7AA
RGBrgb(121, 167, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6549, 0.6667
RGB percentages47.5%, 65.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(183.7, 22.4%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.7, 28.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK28.8%, 1.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,972,778
CSS custom property--colour: #79A7AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34605WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.92:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#865855

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0A3AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#979CAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#68AAA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.7Light slate grey · ΔE 16.2Dark grey · ΔE 16.4Slate grey · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 19.4Gray · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA7C79
Analogous#79AA94, #798FAA
Triadic#AA79A7, #A7AA79
Split complementary#AA798F, #AA9479
Tetradic#9479AA, #AA7C79, #8FAA79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F9F9
Lighter +30%#D7E4E5
Lighter +20%#B7D0D2
Lighter +10%#98BBBE
Darker −10%#5D9093
Darker −20%#497174
Darker −30%#365354
Darker −40%#223435
More saturated +25%#5EBFC5
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R121
G167
B170
Red121 (47.5%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue183.67°
Saturation (HSL)22.37%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G A7 · B AA

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