Recognised as Colour

#79EAB4

#79EAB4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#79EAB4 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 234, 180 and HSL 151°, 73%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#79EAB4

RGBrgb(121, 234, 180)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.9176, 0.7059

RGB percentages47.5%, 91.8%, 70.6%

HSLhsl(151.3, 72.9%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(151.3, 48.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK48.3%, 0%, 23.1%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,989,940

CSS custom property--colour: #79EAB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66206WCAG 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 14.24:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#86154B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7DCB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6D0B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Tritanopia#57E9DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.9 Light green · ΔE 20.6 Turquoise · ΔE 20.8 Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.6 Pale green · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EA79AF

Analogous#79EA7C, #79E7EA

Triadic#B479EA, #EAB479

Split complementary#EA79E7, #EA7C79

Tetradic#7C79EA, #EA79AF, #E7EA79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFFFE

Lighter +20%#D1F8E5

Lighter +10%#A5F1CD

Darker −10%#4DE39B

Darker −20%#22DB83

Darker −30%#1BAF68

Darker −40%#14834E

More saturated +25%#66FDB5

Less saturated −25%#8CD7B3

Channel breakdown

R121

G234

B180

Red121 (47.5%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue180 (70.6%)

Hue151.33°

Saturation (HSL)72.9%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G EA · B B4

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Colour values

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