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Recognised as Colour

#79BCBE

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

#79BCBE is a cyan with RGB values 121, 188, 190 and HSL 182°, 35%, 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

#79BCBE#79BCBE
HEX#79BCBE
RGBrgb(121, 188, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7373, 0.7451
RGB percentages47.5%, 73.7%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(181.7, 34.7%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.7, 36.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK36.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,978,174
CSS custom property--colour: #79BCBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43749WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#864341

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B6BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7ADBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5DC0BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11Powder blue · ΔE 15.5Light blue · ΔE 15.7Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.4Light seagreen · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE7B79
Analogous#79BE9E, #799ABE
Triadic#BE79BC, #BCBE79
Split complementary#BE799A, #BE9E79
Tetradic#9E79BE, #BE7B79, #9ABE79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0F0F0
Lighter +20%#BEDEDF
Lighter +10%#9BCDCF
Darker −10%#57ABAD
Darker −20%#448B8D
Darker −30%#34696A
Darker −40%#234748
More saturated +25%#60D3D7
Less saturated −25%#92A5A5

Channel breakdown

R121
G188
B190
Red121 (47.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue181.74°
Saturation (HSL)34.67%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G BC · B BE

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