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Recognised as Colour

#79E2D4

  • #79E2D4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#79E2D4 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 226, 212 and HSL 172°, 64%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#79E2D4#79E2D4
HEX#79E2D4
RGBrgb(121, 226, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8863, 0.8314
RGB percentages47.5%, 88.6%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(172, 64.4%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 46.5%, 88.6%)
CMYK46.5%, 0%, 6.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,987,924
CSS custom property--colour: #79E2D4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.64:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#861D2B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9D8D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CBD5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Tritanopia#48E6DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.5Turquoise · ΔE 10.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 15Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.1Light seagreen · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E27987
Analogous#79E2A0, #79BCE2
Triadic#D479E2, #E2D479
Split complementary#E279BC, #E2A079
Tetradic#9F79E2, #E27987, #BCE279

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FDFC
Lighter +20%#CDF4EF
Lighter +10%#A3EBE1
Darker −10%#4FD9C7
Darker −20%#2CC9B4
Darker −30%#239F8F
Darker −40%#197669
More saturated +25%#65F6E3
Less saturated −25%#8DCEC5

Channel breakdown

R121
G226
B212
Red121 (47.5%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue172°
Saturation (HSL)64.42%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G E2 · B D4

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