Colour

#79FFE2

#79FFE2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#79FFE2 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 255, 226 and HSL 167°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#79FFE2#79FFE2

HEX#79FFE2

RGBrgb(121, 255, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 1, 0.8863

RGB percentages47.5%, 100%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(167, 100%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167, 52.5%, 100%)

CMYK52.5%, 0%, 11.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,995,362

CSS custom property--colour: #79FFE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.22:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#86001D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7F1E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2E2E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Tritanopia#2EFFF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 7.3 Turquoise · ΔE 12.8 Aqua · ΔE 17.4 Cyan · ΔE 17.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF7996

Analogous#79FF9F, #79D9FF

Triadic#E279FF, #FFE279

Split complementary#FF79D9, #FF9F79

Tetradic#9F79FF, #FF7996, #D9FF79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DFFFF8

Lighter +10%#ACFFED

Darker −10%#46FFD7

Darker −20%#13FFCC

Darker −30%#00DFAF

Darker −40%#00AC87

More saturated +25%#79FFE2

Less saturated −25%#8AEED8

Channel breakdown

R121

G255

B226

Red121 (47.5%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue167.01°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G FF · B E2

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