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Recognised as Colour

#079FDB

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

#079FDB is a cyan with RGB values 7, 159, 219 and HSL 197°, 94%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#079FDB#079FDB
HEX#079FDB
RGBrgb(7, 159, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.6235, 0.8588
RGB percentages2.7%, 62.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(197, 93.8%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197, 96.8%, 85.9%)
CMYK96.8%, 27.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer499,675
CSS custom property--colour: #079FDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#F86024

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#819EDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#688DDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.1Steel blue · ΔE 15Light skyblue · ΔE 21.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.2Sky blue · ΔE 25.7Light slate grey · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB4307
Analogous#07DBAD, #0735DB
Triadic#DB079F, #9FDB07
Split complementary#DB0735, #DBAD07
Tetradic#AD07DB, #DB4307, #35DB07

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1E7FD
Lighter +30%#80D8FB
Lighter +20%#4FC9F9
Lighter +10%#1DBAF8
Darker −10%#057BAA
Darker −20%#045778
Darker −30%#023347
Darker −40%#010F15
More saturated +25%#00A2E2
Less saturated −25%#2393BF

Channel breakdown

R7
G159
B219
Red7 (2.7%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue196.98°
Saturation (HSL)93.81%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 07 · G 9F · B DB

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