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Recognised as Colour

#79ACBC

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

#79ACBC is a cyan with RGB values 121, 172, 188 and HSL 194°, 33%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#79ACBC#79ACBC
HEX#79ACBC
RGBrgb(121, 172, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6745, 0.7373
RGB percentages47.5%, 67.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(194.3, 33.3%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 35.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK35.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,974,076
CSS custom property--colour: #79ACBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.44:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#865343

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A9BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#97A1BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Tritanopia#61B2B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.1Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Light slate grey · ΔE 15.8Light steelblue · ΔE 16Light blue · ΔE 16.6Slate grey · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC8979
Analogous#79BCAB, #798BBC
Triadic#BC79AC, #ACBC79
Split complementary#BC798A, #BCAB79
Tetradic#AB79BC, #BC8979, #8BBC79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFEBEF
Lighter +20%#BDD6DE
Lighter +10%#9BC1CD
Darker −10%#5797AB
Darker −20%#457A8A
Darker −30%#345C68
Darker −40%#233E46
More saturated +25%#60B9D5
Less saturated −25%#929FA3

Channel breakdown

R121
G172
B188
Red121 (47.5%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue194.33°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G AC · B BC

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