Colour

#79D8CC

#79D8CC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#79D8CC is a cyan with RGB values 121, 216, 204 and HSL 172°, 55%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#79D8CC#79D8CC

HEX#79D8CC

RGBrgb(121, 216, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8471, 0.8

RGB percentages47.5%, 84.7%, 80%

HSLhsl(172.4, 54.9%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 44%, 84.7%)

CMYK44%, 0%, 5.6%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,985,356

CSS custom property--colour: #79D8CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.51:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#862733

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0CFCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFC3CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Tritanopia#50DCD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.1 Turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D87985

Analogous#79D89D, #79B4D8

Triadic#CC79D8, #D8CC79

Split complementary#D879B4, #D89D79

Tetradic#9D79D8, #D87985, #B4D879

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0FAF9

Lighter +20%#C8EFEA

Lighter +10%#A1E3DB

Darker −10%#51CDBD

Darker −20%#35B6A6

Darker −30%#298F82

Darker −40%#1E675E

More saturated +25%#63EEDC

Less saturated −25%#8FC2BC

Channel breakdown

R121

G216

B204

Red121 (47.5%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue172.42°

Saturation (HSL)54.91%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G D8 · B CC

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Colour values

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