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Recognised as Colour

#79A3E6

  • #79A3E6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#79A3E6 is a blue with RGB values 121, 163, 230 and HSL 217°, 69%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#79A3E6#79A3E6
HEX#79A3E6
RGBrgb(121, 163, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6392, 0.902
RGB percentages47.5%, 63.9%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(216.9, 68.6%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.9, 47.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK47.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,971,814
CSS custom property--colour: #79A3E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#865C19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AA7E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D9DE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4BB2BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.3Steel blue · ΔE 17.1Light skyblue · ΔE 21.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.6Light steelblue · ΔE 26.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6BC79
Analogous#79D9E6, #8679E6
Triadic#E679A3, #A3E679
Split complementary#E68679, #D9E679
Tetradic#E679DA, #E6BC79, #79E686

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFCFE
Lighter +20%#CFDEF6
Lighter +10%#A4C1EE
Darker −10%#4E85DE
Darker −20%#2769D2
Darker −30%#1F53A7
Darker −40%#173E7C
More saturated +25%#659EFA
Less saturated −25%#8DA8D2

Channel breakdown

R121
G163
B230
Red121 (47.5%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue216.88°
Saturation (HSL)68.55%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G A3 · B E6

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