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Recognised as Colour

#79DBB4

  • #79DBB4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#79DBB4 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 219, 180 and HSL 156°, 58%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#79DBB4#79DBB4
HEX#79DBB4
RGBrgb(121, 219, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8588, 0.7059
RGB percentages47.5%, 85.9%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(156.1, 57.6%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.1, 44.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK44.7%, 0%, 17.8%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,986,100
CSS custom property--colour: #79DBB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.6:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#86244B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7CFB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C4B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5BDBD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 5.5Aquamarine · ΔE 13.7Turquoise · ΔE 15.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1Light seagreen · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 5.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB79A0
Analogous#79DB83, #79D1DB
Triadic#B479DB, #DBB479
Split complementary#DB79D1, #DB8379
Tetradic#8379DB, #DB79A0, #D1DB79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2FBF7
Lighter +20%#C9F1E1
Lighter +10%#A1E6CA
Darker −10%#51D09D
Darker −20%#32BC85
Darker −30%#289368
Darker −40%#1D6B4C
More saturated +25%#64F0B8
Less saturated −25%#8EC6B0

Channel breakdown

R121
G219
B180
Red121 (47.5%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue156.12°
Saturation (HSL)57.65%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G DB · B B4

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