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Recognised as Colour

#79D3C4

  • #79D3C4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#79D3C4 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 211, 196 and HSL 170°, 51%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#79D3C4#79D3C4
HEX#79D3C4
RGBrgb(121, 211, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8275, 0.7686
RGB percentages47.5%, 82.7%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(170, 50.6%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170, 42.7%, 82.7%)
CMYK42.7%, 0%, 7.1%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,984,068
CSS custom property--colour: #79D3C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.93:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#862C3B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCCAC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCBEC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#55D6CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.5Turquoise · ΔE 14.1Light seagreen · ΔE 15.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D37988
Analogous#79D397, #79B5D3
Triadic#C479D3, #D3C479
Split complementary#D379B5, #D39779
Tetradic#9779D3, #D37988, #B5D379

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECF9F7
Lighter +20%#C6ECE6
Lighter +10%#9FE0D5
Darker −10%#53C6B3
Darker −20%#39AD9A
Darker −30%#2C8778
Darker −40%#206056
More saturated +25%#63E9D3
Less saturated −25%#8FBDB5

Channel breakdown

R121
G211
B196
Red121 (47.5%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue170°
Saturation (HSL)50.56%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G D3 · B C4

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