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Recognised as Colour

#79FFCF

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

#79FFCF is a cyan with RGB values 121, 255, 207 and HSL 159°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#79FFCF#79FFCF
HEX#79FFCF
RGBrgb(121, 255, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 1, 0.8118
RGB percentages47.5%, 100%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(158.5, 100%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.5, 52.5%, 100%)
CMYK52.5%, 0%, 18.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,995,343
CSS custom property--colour: #79FFCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.02:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#860030

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FAF0CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E1D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Tritanopia#40FFF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 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 text17.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 3.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19Turquoise · ΔE 19.4Light green · ΔE 25.7Aqua · ΔE 26Cyan · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 3.2, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF79A9
Analogous#79FF8C, #79ECFF
Triadic#CF79FF, #FFCF79
Split complementary#FF79EC, #FF8C79
Tetradic#8C79FF, #FF79A9, #ECFF79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFFFF4
Lighter +10%#ACFFE1
Darker −10%#46FFBD
Darker −20%#13FFAA
Darker −30%#00DF8F
Darker −40%#00AC6E
More saturated +25%#79FFCF
Less saturated −25%#8AEECA

Channel breakdown

R121
G255
B207
Red121 (47.5%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue158.51°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G FF · B CF

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