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Recognised as Colour

#79BCBA

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

#79BCBA is a cyan with RGB values 121, 188, 186 and HSL 178°, 33%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#79BCBA#79BCBA
HEX#79BCBA
RGBrgb(121, 188, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7373, 0.7294
RGB percentages47.5%, 73.7%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(178.2, 33.3%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.2, 35.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK35.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,978,170
CSS custom property--colour: #79BCBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.72:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#864345

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4B6BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8ACBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5FC0BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.1Powder blue · ΔE 16.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7Light blue · ΔE 17Light seagreen · ΔE 17.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC797B
Analogous#79BC99, #799DBC
Triadic#BA79BC, #BCBA79
Split complementary#BC799D, #BC9979
Tetradic#9979BC, #BC797B, #9DBC79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFEFEF
Lighter +20%#BDDEDD
Lighter +10%#9BCDCC
Darker −10%#57ABA8
Darker −20%#458A88
Darker −30%#346866
Darker −40%#234645
More saturated +25%#60D5D2
Less saturated −25%#92A3A2

Channel breakdown

R121
G188
B186
Red121 (47.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue178.21°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G BC · B BA

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