Colour

#79FDEC

#79FDEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#79FDEC is a cyan with RGB values 121, 253, 236 and HSL 172°, 97%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#79FDEC#79FDEC

HEX#79FDEC

RGBrgb(121, 253, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.9922, 0.9255

RGB percentages47.5%, 99.2%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(172.3, 97.1%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 52.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK52.2%, 0%, 6.7%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,994,860

CSS custom property--colour: #79FDEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.07:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#860213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2F1EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDE1EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Tritanopia#20FFF8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 11.2 Aqua · ΔE 13.5 Cyan · ΔE 13.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FD798A

Analogous#79FDAA, #79CCFD

Triadic#EC79FD, #FDEC79

Split complementary#FD79CC, #FDAA79

Tetradic#AA79FD, #FD798A, #CCFD79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DEFFFA

Lighter +10%#ABFEF3

Darker −10%#47FCE5

Darker −20%#15FCDE

Darker −30%#03DABE

Darker −40%#02A892

More saturated +25%#77FFED

Less saturated −25%#8AECDF

Channel breakdown

R121

G253

B236

Red121 (47.5%)

Green253 (99.2%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue172.27°

Saturation (HSL)97.06%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G FD · B EC

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