Recognised as Colour

#79AEA4

#79AEA4
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#79AEA4 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 174, 164 and HSL 169°, 25%, 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

#79AEA4#79AEA4

HEX#79AEA4

RGBrgb(121, 174, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6824, 0.6431

RGB percentages47.5%, 68.2%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(168.7, 24.7%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.7, 30.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK30.5%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,974,564

CSS custom property--colour: #79AEA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.4:1

Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#86515B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9A8A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0A1A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Tritanopia#69B0ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.6 Dark grey · ΔE 19.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 20.5 Powder blue · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AE7983

Analogous#79AE8A, #799DAE

Triadic#A479AE, #AEA479

Split complementary#AE799D, #AE8A79

Tetradic#8A79AE, #AE7983, #9DAE79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8FBFA

Lighter +30%#D8E8E5

Lighter +20%#B9D4CF

Lighter +10%#99C1BA

Darker −10%#5C988D

Darker −20%#49786F

Darker −30%#355952

Darker −40%#223934

More saturated +25%#5EC9B5

Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R121

G174

B164

Red121 (47.5%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue168.68°

Saturation (HSL)24.65%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G AE · B A4

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Colour values

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