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Recognised as Colour

#79A4FD

  • #79A4FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#79A4FD is a blue with RGB values 121, 164, 253 and HSL 220°, 97%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#79A4FD#79A4FD
HEX#79A4FD
RGBrgb(121, 164, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6431, 0.9922
RGB percentages47.5%, 64.3%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(220.5, 97.1%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.5, 52.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK52.2%, 35.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,972,093
CSS custom property--colour: #79A4FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.54:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#865B02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81ACFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#71A0FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#35B7C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.9Steel blue · ΔE 26.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.7Medium purple · ΔE 29.8Royal blue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDD279
Analogous#79E6FD, #9079FD
Triadic#FD79A4, #A4FD79
Split complementary#FD9079, #E6FD79
Tetradic#FD79E6, #FDD279, #79FD90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEE8FF
Lighter +10%#ABC6FE
Darker −10%#4782FC
Darker −20%#1560FC
Darker −30%#0349DA
Darker −40%#0238A8
More saturated +25%#77A3FF
Less saturated −25%#8AAAEC

Channel breakdown

R121
G164
B253
Red121 (47.5%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue220.45°
Saturation (HSL)97.06%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G A4 · B FD

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