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Recognised as Colour

#079BC4

  • #079BC4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#079BC4 is a cyan with RGB values 7, 155, 196 and HSL 193°, 93%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#079BC4#079BC4
HEX#079BC4
RGBrgb(7, 155, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.6078, 0.7686
RGB percentages2.7%, 60.8%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(193, 93.1%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193, 96.4%, 76.9%)
CMYK96.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer498,628
CSS custom property--colour: #079BC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.49:1
Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.49:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#F8643B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8498C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E88C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A7A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.8Light skyblue · ΔE 22Sky blue · ΔE 22.3Cadetblue · ΔE 23.2Dark cyan · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C43007
Analogous#07C48E, #073DC4
Triadic#C4079B, #9BC407
Split complementary#C4073D, #C48F07
Tetradic#8E07C4, #C43007, #3DC407

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9CE7FB
Lighter +30%#6ADBFA
Lighter +20%#39CFF8
Lighter +10%#09C2F5
Darker −10%#057493
Darker −20%#034D62
Darker −30%#022630
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009FCB
Less saturated −25%#208DAB

Channel breakdown

R7
G155
B196
Red7 (2.7%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue193.02°
Saturation (HSL)93.1%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 9B · B C4

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