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Recognised as Colour

#079DCA

  • #079DCA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#079DCA is a cyan with RGB values 7, 157, 202 and HSL 194°, 93%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#079DCA#079DCA
HEX#079DCA
RGBrgb(7, 157, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.6157, 0.7922
RGB percentages2.7%, 61.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(193.8, 93.3%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 96.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK96.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer499,146
CSS custom property--colour: #079DCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.68:1
Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#F86235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#859ACCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E8AC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00AAACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.8Steel blue · ΔE 16Light skyblue · ΔE 21.2Sky blue · ΔE 22.3Cadetblue · ΔE 25.3Light slate grey · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 15.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA3407
Analogous#07CA95, #073CCA
Triadic#CA079D, #9DCA07
Split complementary#CA073C, #CA9507
Tetradic#9507CA, #CA3407, #3CCA07

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A1E7FC
Lighter +30%#70DAFA
Lighter +20%#3FCDF8
Lighter +10%#0DC1F7
Darker −10%#057799
Darker −20%#045067
Darker −30%#022A36
Darker −40%#000405
More saturated +25%#00A1D1
Less saturated −25%#218FB0

Channel breakdown

R7
G157
B202
Red7 (2.7%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue193.85°
Saturation (HSL)93.3%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 9D · B CA

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