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Recognised as Colour

#79E0EC

  • #79E0EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#79E0EC is a cyan with RGB values 121, 224, 236 and HSL 186°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#79E0EC#79E0EC
HEX#79E0EC
RGBrgb(121, 224, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8784, 0.9255
RGB percentages47.5%, 87.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(186.3, 75.2%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.3, 48.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK48.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,987,436
CSS custom property--colour: #79E0EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.69:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#861F13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D9EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFCBECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#33E7E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 13Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2Powder blue · ΔE 14.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.7Light blue · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 13.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC8579
Analogous#79ECBE, #79A7EC
Triadic#EC79E0, #E0EC79
Split complementary#EC79A7, #ECBE79
Tetradic#BE79EC, #EC8579, #A7EC79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D2F5F9
Lighter +10%#A6EAF2
Darker −10%#4CD6E6
Darker −20%#20CBDF
Darker −30%#19A3B3
Darker −40%#137A86
More saturated +25%#66EFFF
Less saturated −25%#8CD1D9

Channel breakdown

R121
G224
B236
Red121 (47.5%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue186.26°
Saturation (HSL)75.16%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G E0 · B EC

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