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Recognised as Colour

#79BE9D

  • #79BE9D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark seagreen

#79BE9D is a cyan with RGB values 121, 190, 157 and HSL 151°, 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 Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#79BE9D#79BE9D
HEX#79BE9D
RGBrgb(121, 190, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7451, 0.6157
RGB percentages47.5%, 74.5%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(151.3, 34.7%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151.3, 36.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK36.3%, 0%, 17.4%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,978,653
CSS custom property--colour: #79BE9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.67:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#864162

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCB59Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0AD9Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Tritanopia#69BEB5no 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 text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 9.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.1Light seagreen · ΔE 19.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.6Cadetblue · ΔE 22.4Turquoise · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE799A
Analogous#79BE7B, #79BCBE
Triadic#9D79BE, #BE9D79
Split complementary#BE79BC, #BE7B79
Tetradic#7B79BE, #BE799A, #BCBE79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0F0E8
Lighter +20%#BEDFCF
Lighter +10%#9BCFB6
Darker −10%#57AD84
Darker −20%#448D6A
Darker −30%#346A50
Darker −40%#234836
More saturated +25%#60D79E
Less saturated −25%#92A59C

Channel breakdown

R121
G190
B157
Red121 (47.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue151.3°
Saturation (HSL)34.67%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G BE · B 9D

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