Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#79ECBD

  • #79ECBD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#79ECBD is a cyan with RGB values 121, 236, 189 and HSL 155°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#79ECBD#79ECBD
HEX#79ECBD
RGBrgb(121, 236, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.9255, 0.7412
RGB percentages47.5%, 92.5%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(155.5, 75.2%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.5, 48.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK48.7%, 0%, 19.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,990,461
CSS custom property--colour: #79ECBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.55:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#861342

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8DEBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7D2C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Tritanopia#52ECDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 7.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.3Turquoise · ΔE 17.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 24Light green · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC79A8
Analogous#79EC84, #79E1EC
Triadic#BD79EC, #ECBD79
Split complementary#EC79E2, #EC8479
Tetradic#8479EC, #EC79A8, #E1EC79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D2F9E9
Lighter +10%#A6F2D3
Darker −10%#4CE6A7
Darker −20%#20DF91
Darker −30%#19B374
Darker −40%#138657
More saturated +25%#66FFC0
Less saturated −25%#8CD9BA

Channel breakdown

R121
G236
B189
Red121 (47.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue155.48°
Saturation (HSL)75.16%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G EC · B BD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “79ecbd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.