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Recognised as Colour

#79ADAB

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

#79ADAB is a cyan with RGB values 121, 173, 171 and HSL 178°, 24%, 58%. 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

#79ADAB#79ADAB
HEX#79ADAB
RGBrgb(121, 173, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6784, 0.6706
RGB percentages47.5%, 67.8%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(177.7, 24.1%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 30.1%, 67.8%)
CMYK30.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,974,315
CSS custom property--colour: #79ADAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.38:1
Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#865254

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7A8ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA0ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#67B0ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.1Dark grey · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 19.2Powder blue · ΔE 19.6Light slate grey · ΔE 20.1Light seagreen · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD797B
Analogous#79AD91, #7995AD
Triadic#AB79AD, #ADAB79
Split complementary#AD7995, #AD9179
Tetradic#9179AD, #AD797B, #95AD79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8FAFA
Lighter +30%#D8E7E6
Lighter +20%#B8D4D3
Lighter +10%#99C0BF
Darker −10%#5C9794
Darker −20%#497775
Darker −30%#365756
Darker −40%#223837
More saturated +25%#5EC8C4
Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R121
G173
B171
Red121 (47.5%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue177.69°
Saturation (HSL)24.07%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G AD · B AB

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