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Colour

#79C6AE

  • #79C6AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#79C6AE is a cyan with RGB values 121, 198, 174 and HSL 161°, 40%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#79C6AE#79C6AE
HEX#79C6AE
RGBrgb(121, 198, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7765, 0.6824
RGB percentages47.5%, 77.6%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(161.3, 40.3%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.3, 38.9%, 77.6%)
CMYK38.9%, 0%, 12.1%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,980,718
CSS custom property--colour: #79C6AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.5:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#863951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2BDADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5B3B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#62C7BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 14.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4Light seagreen · ΔE 16.2Turquoise · ΔE 18.4Cadetblue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C67991
Analogous#79C688, #79B8C6
Triadic#AE79C6, #C6AE79
Split complementary#C679B8, #C68879
Tetradic#8879C6, #C67991, #B8C679

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4F4EF
Lighter +20%#C1E4D9
Lighter +10%#9DD5C4
Darker −10%#55B798
Darker −20%#41987D
Darker −30%#327460
Darker −40%#225142
More saturated +25%#61DEB7
Less saturated −25%#91AEA5

Channel breakdown

R121
G198
B174
Red121 (47.5%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue161.3°
Saturation (HSL)40.31%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G C6 · B AE

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