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Recognised as Colour

#79CAB7

  • #79CAB7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#79CAB7 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 202, 183 and HSL 166°, 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

#79CAB7#79CAB7
HEX#79CAB7
RGBrgb(121, 202, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7922, 0.7176
RGB percentages47.5%, 79.2%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(165.9, 43.3%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.9, 40.1%, 79.2%)
CMYK40.1%, 0%, 9.4%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,981,751
CSS custom property--colour: #79CAB7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.94:1
Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#863548

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C1B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6B7B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5DCCC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 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 text10.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 13Light seagreen · ΔE 15.3Turquoise · ΔE 16.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA798C
Analogous#79CA8E, #79B5CA
Triadic#B779CA, #CAB779
Split complementary#CA79B5, #CA8F79
Tetradic#8E79CA, #CA798C, #B4CA79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F5F2
Lighter +20%#C2E7DE
Lighter +10%#9ED8CB
Darker −10%#54BCA3
Darker −20%#3F9E88
Darker −30%#307A69
Darker −40%#225549
More saturated +25%#62E1C3
Less saturated −25%#90B3AB

Channel breakdown

R121
G202
B183
Red121 (47.5%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue165.93°
Saturation (HSL)43.32%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G CA · B B7

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