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Recognised as Colour

#79ABF6

  • #79ABF6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#79ABF6 is a blue with RGB values 121, 171, 246 and HSL 216°, 87%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#79ABF6#79ABF6
HEX#79ABF6
RGBrgb(121, 171, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6706, 0.9647
RGB percentages47.5%, 67.1%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(216, 87.4%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 50.8%, 96.5%)
CMYK50.8%, 30.5%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,973,878
CSS custom property--colour: #79ABF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.97:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#865409

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EB0F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7FA4F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#3BBCC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.5Steel blue · ΔE 21.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.8Light skyblue · ΔE 22.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 24Light steelblue · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6C479
Analogous#79E9F6, #8579F6
Triadic#F679AB, #ABF679
Split complementary#F68579, #E9F679
Tetradic#F679EA, #F6C479, #79F685

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9E7FC
Lighter +10%#A9C9F9
Darker −10%#498DF3
Darker −20%#196FF0
Darker −30%#0D58C9
Darker −40%#0A4399
More saturated +25%#70A9FF
Less saturated −25%#8BAFE4

Channel breakdown

R121
G171
B246
Red121 (47.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue216°
Saturation (HSL)87.41%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G AB · B F6

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