Colour

#79B6BC

#79B6BC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#79B6BC is a cyan with RGB values 121, 182, 188 and HSL 185°, 33%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#79B6BC#79B6BC

HEX#79B6BC

RGBrgb(121, 182, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7137, 0.7373

RGB percentages47.5%, 71.4%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(185.4, 33.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.4, 35.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK35.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,976,636

CSS custom property--colour: #79B6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.23:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#864943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ADB1BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1A8BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Tritanopia#5FBBB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.5 Sky blue · ΔE 15.3 Light blue · ΔE 15.5 Powder blue · ΔE 16.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BC7F79

Analogous#79BCA1, #7995BC

Triadic#BC79B6, #B6BC79

Split complementary#BC7995, #BCA179

Tetradic#A179BC, #BC7F79, #95BC79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DFEEEF

Lighter +20%#BDDBDE

Lighter +10%#9BC9CD

Darker −10%#57A3AB

Darker −20%#45848A

Darker −30%#346368

Darker −40%#234346

More saturated +25%#60CBD5

Less saturated −25%#92A1A3

Channel breakdown

R121

G182

B188

Red121 (47.5%)

Green182 (71.4%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue185.37°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G B6 · B BC

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