Recognised as Colour

#79EED6

#79EED6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#79EED6 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 238, 214 and HSL 168°, 77%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#79EED6

RGBrgb(121, 238, 214)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.9333, 0.8392

RGB percentages47.5%, 93.3%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(167.7, 77.5%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167.7, 49.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK49.2%, 0%, 10.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,990,998

CSS custom property--colour: #79EED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.01:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#861129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6E2D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D4D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Tritanopia#42F1E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 11.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Aqua · ΔE 18.5 Cyan · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)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#EE7991

Analogous#79EE9B, #79CCEE

Triadic#D679EE, #EED679

Split complementary#EE79CC, #EE9B79

Tetradic#9B79EE, #EE7991, #CCEE79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D4F9F2

Lighter +10%#A6F4E4

Darker −10%#4CE8C8

Darker −20%#1EE3BA

Darker −30%#17B796

Darker −40%#118A71

More saturated +25%#68FFE0

Less saturated −25%#8CDBCB

Channel breakdown

R121

G238

B214

Red121 (47.5%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue167.69°

Saturation (HSL)77.48%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G EE · B D6

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