Information about #008979 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #008979 reads as a intensely saturated cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Windfall (#008575). Slightly further away sit Observatory (#008F70) and Teal (#008080).
In RGB terms — rgb(0, 137, 121) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #008979: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. No one has named #008979 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#008979 color variations
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#008979 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#008979 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#008979 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#008979 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#008979 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #008979 color
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Nearest named colors to #008979
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#008575
#008F70
#008080
#008285
#007B77
#017A79
#01826B
#008F69
#00777B
#009B7D
#01796F
#08787F
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#008979
- RGB0, 137, 121
- CMYK54, 0, 6, 46
- CSSrgb(0, 137, 121)
- HSL173°, 100%, 27%
- HSL Precise172.993°, 100%, 26.863%
- HSV173°, 100%, 54%
- HSB173°, 100%, 54%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.000
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.537
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.475
- GLSLvec3(0.000, 0.537, 0.475)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.000, 0.537, 0.475, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.000, 0.537, 0.475)
- Percentage of Red in RGB0%
- Percentage of Green in RGB53.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB47.5%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID008979
- DECIMAL ID35193
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
