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Recognised as Colour

#79DFD2

  • #79DFD2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#79DFD2 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 223, 210 and HSL 172°, 61%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#79DFD2#79DFD2
HEX#79DFD2
RGBrgb(121, 223, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8745, 0.8235
RGB percentages47.5%, 87.5%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(172.4, 61.4%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 45.7%, 87.5%)
CMYK45.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,987,154
CSS custom property--colour: #79DFD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.3:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#86202D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D5D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C8D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4AE3DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.1Turquoise · ΔE 11.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.6Light seagreen · ΔE 17.8
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#DF7986
Analogous#79DF9F, #79B9DF
Triadic#D279DF, #DFD279
Split complementary#DF79B9, #DF9F79
Tetradic#9F79DF, #DF7986, #B9DF79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5FCFB
Lighter +20%#CBF3EE
Lighter +10%#A2E9E0
Darker −10%#50D5C4
Darker −20%#2FC3B0
Darker −30%#259A8B
Darker −40%#1B7166
More saturated +25%#64F4E1
Less saturated −25%#8ECAC3

Channel breakdown

R121
G223
B210
Red121 (47.5%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue172.35°
Saturation (HSL)61.45%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G DF · B D2

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