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Recognised as Colour

#79F6FF

  • #79F6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#79F6FF is a cyan with RGB values 121, 246, 255 and HSL 184°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#79F6FF#79F6FF
HEX#79F6FF
RGBrgb(121, 246, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.9647, 1
RGB percentages47.5%, 96.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(184, 100%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 52.5%, 100%)
CMYK52.5%, 3.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,993,087
CSS custom property--colour: #79F6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.44:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#860900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6EDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1DDFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00FEF8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.4Aqua · ΔE 15.7Cyan · ΔE 15.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 17Turquoise · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 15.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8279
Analogous#79FFC5, #79B3FF
Triadic#FF79F6, #F6FF79
Split complementary#FF79B3, #FFC579
Tetradic#C579FF, #FF8279, #B3FF79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFFDFF
Lighter +10%#ACF9FF
Darker −10%#46F3FF
Darker −20%#13EFFF
Darker −30%#00D0DF
Darker −40%#00A0AC
More saturated +25%#79F6FF
Less saturated −25%#8AE8EE

Channel breakdown

R121
G246
B255
Red121 (47.5%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue184.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G F6 · B FF

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