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Colour

#79CAAE

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

#79CAAE is a cyan with RGB values 121, 202, 174 and HSL 159°, 43%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#79CAAE#79CAAE
HEX#79CAAE
RGBrgb(121, 202, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7922, 0.6824
RGB percentages47.5%, 79.2%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(159.3, 43.3%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.3, 40.1%, 79.2%)
CMYK40.1%, 0%, 13.9%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,981,742
CSS custom property--colour: #79CAAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#863551

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C0ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8B7B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#61CBC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 14.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9Light seagreen · ΔE 17.2Turquoise · ΔE 17.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA7995
Analogous#79CA85, #79BECA
Triadic#AE79CA, #CAAE79
Split complementary#CA79BE, #CA8579
Tetradic#8579CA, #CA7995, #BECA79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F5F0
Lighter +20%#C2E7DA
Lighter +10%#9ED8C4
Darker −10%#54BC98
Darker −20%#3F9E7D
Darker −30%#307A60
Darker −40%#225543
More saturated +25%#62E1B5
Less saturated −25%#90B3A7

Channel breakdown

R121
G202
B174
Red121 (47.5%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue159.26°
Saturation (HSL)43.32%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G CA · B AE

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