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Recognised as Colour

#79E6D7

  • #79E6D7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#79E6D7 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 230, 215 and HSL 172°, 69%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#79E6D7#79E6D7
HEX#79E6D7
RGBrgb(121, 230, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.902, 0.8431
RGB percentages47.5%, 90.2%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(171.7, 68.6%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 47.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK47.4%, 0%, 6.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,988,951
CSS custom property--colour: #79E6D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.11:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#861928

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDDBD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBCED8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#44EAE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7Aquamarine · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E67988
Analogous#79E6A0, #79BFE6
Triadic#D779E6, #E6D779
Split complementary#E679BF, #E6A079
Tetradic#A079E6, #E67988, #BFE679

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFEFD
Lighter +20%#CFF6F1
Lighter +10%#A4EEE4
Darker −10%#4EDECA
Darker −20%#27D2BA
Darker −30%#1FA794
Darker −40%#177C6E
More saturated +25%#65FAE5
Less saturated −25%#8DD2C9

Channel breakdown

R121
G230
B215
Red121 (47.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue171.74°
Saturation (HSL)68.55%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G E6 · B D7

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