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Recognised as Colour

#79BB9A

  • #79BB9A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#79BB9A is a cyan with RGB values 121, 187, 154 and HSL 150°, 33%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#79BB9A#79BB9A
HEX#79BB9A
RGBrgb(121, 187, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7333, 0.6039
RGB percentages47.5%, 73.3%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(150, 32.7%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150, 35.3%, 73.3%)
CMYK35.3%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,977,882
CSS custom property--colour: #79BB9A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#864465

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B298no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEAA9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6ABBB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 9.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.3Light seagreen · ΔE 19.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.5Cadetblue · ΔE 21.8Turquoise · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 9.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB799A
Analogous#79BB79, #79BBBB
Triadic#9A79BB, #BB9A79
Split complementary#BB79BB, #BB7979
Tetradic#7979BB, #BB799A, #BBBB79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DEEFE7
Lighter +20%#BDDDCD
Lighter +10%#9BCCB3
Darker −10%#57AA81
Darker −20%#458967
Darker −30%#34674E
Darker −40%#234534
More saturated +25%#60D49A
Less saturated −25%#92A29A

Channel breakdown

R121
G187
B154
Red121 (47.5%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue150°
Saturation (HSL)32.67%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G BB · B 9A

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