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Recognised as Colour

#79C8CC

  • #79C8CC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#79C8CC is a cyan with RGB values 121, 200, 204 and HSL 183°, 45%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#79C8CC#79C8CC
HEX#79C8CC
RGBrgb(121, 200, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7843, 0.8
RGB percentages47.5%, 78.4%, 80%
HSLhsl(182.9, 44.9%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.9, 40.7%, 80%)
CMYK40.7%, 2%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,981,260
CSS custom property--colour: #79C8CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.95:1
Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#863733

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC1CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB6CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Tritanopia#54CDC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 13.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.7Light blue · ΔE 14.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 15Cadetblue · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 13.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC7D79
Analogous#79CCA6, #799FCC
Triadic#CC79C8, #C8CC79
Split complementary#CC799F, #CCA779
Tetradic#A679CC, #CC7D79, #9ECC79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8F5F6
Lighter +20%#C3E6E8
Lighter +10%#9ED7DA
Darker −10%#54B9BE
Darker −20%#3D9DA2
Darker −30%#2F797D
Darker −40%#215558
More saturated +25%#62DDE3
Less saturated −25%#90B3B5

Channel breakdown

R121
G200
B204
Red121 (47.5%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue182.89°
Saturation (HSL)44.86%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G C8 · B CC

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