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Recognised as Colour

#79B7B4

  • #79B7B4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#79B7B4 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 183, 180 and HSL 177°, 30%, 60%. 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

#79B7B4#79B7B4
HEX#79B7B4
RGBrgb(121, 183, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7176, 0.7059
RGB percentages47.5%, 71.8%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(177.1, 30.1%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.1, 33.9%, 71.8%)
CMYK33.9%, 0%, 1.6%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,976,884
CSS custom property--colour: #79B7B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#86484B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B1B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A8B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#62BAB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 17.3Light seagreen · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 17.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4Sky blue · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7797C
Analogous#79B795, #799BB7
Triadic#B479B7, #B7B479
Split complementary#B7799B, #B79579
Tetradic#9579B7, #B7797C, #9BB779

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFE
Lighter +30%#DDECEC
Lighter +20%#BBDBD9
Lighter +10%#9AC9C7
Darker −10%#58A5A1
Darker −20%#478380
Darker −30%#356260
Darker −40%#234140
More saturated +25%#5FD1CB
Less saturated −25%#939D9D

Channel breakdown

R121
G183
B180
Red121 (47.5%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue177.1°
Saturation (HSL)30.1%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G B7 · B B4

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