Colour

#79ECD0

#79ECD0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#79ECD0 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 236, 208 and HSL 165°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#79ECD0

RGBrgb(121, 236, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.9255, 0.8157

RGB percentages47.5%, 92.5%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(165.4, 75.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(165.4, 48.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK48.7%, 0%, 11.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,990,480

CSS custom property--colour: #79ECD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.72:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#86132F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5E0CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D2D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Tritanopia#47EEE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 10.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.3 Aqua · ΔE 20.3 Cyan · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EC7995

Analogous#79EC97, #79CEEC

Triadic#D079EC, #ECD079

Split complementary#EC79CE, #EC9779

Tetradic#9779EC, #EC7995, #CEEC79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D2F9EF

Lighter +10%#A6F2E0

Darker −10%#4CE6C0

Darker −20%#20DFB1

Darker −30%#19B38D

Darker −40%#13866A

More saturated +25%#66FFDA

Less saturated −25%#8CD9C6

Channel breakdown

R121

G236

B208

Red121 (47.5%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue165.39°

Saturation (HSL)75.16%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G EC · B D0

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Colour values

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