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Recognised as Colour

#79D6BC

  • #79D6BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#79D6BC is a cyan with RGB values 121, 214, 188 and HSL 163°, 53%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#79D6BC#79D6BC
HEX#79D6BC
RGBrgb(121, 214, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8392, 0.7373
RGB percentages47.5%, 83.9%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(163.2, 53.1%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.2, 43.5%, 83.9%)
CMYK43.5%, 0%, 12.1%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,984,828
CSS custom property--colour: #79D6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.16:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#862943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0CCBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C0BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#58D8CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.2Turquoise · ΔE 13.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3Light seagreen · ΔE 17.7Aquamarine · ΔE 18Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D67993
Analogous#79D68E, #79C2D6
Triadic#BC79D6, #D6BC79
Split complementary#D679C2, #D68E79
Tetradic#8E79D6, #D67993, #C1D679

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFAF7
Lighter +20%#C7EEE3
Lighter +10%#A0E2D0
Darker −10%#52CAA8
Darker −20%#37B290
Darker −30%#2B8B70
Darker −40%#1F6451
More saturated +25%#63ECC6
Less saturated −25%#8FC0B2

Channel breakdown

R121
G214
B188
Red121 (47.5%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue163.23°
Saturation (HSL)53.14%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G D6 · B BC

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