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Colour

#79ACEB

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

#79ACEB is a blue with RGB values 121, 172, 235 and HSL 213°, 74%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#79ACEB#79ACEB
HEX#79ACEB
RGBrgb(121, 172, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6745, 0.9216
RGB percentages47.5%, 67.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(213.2, 74%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.2, 48.5%, 92.2%)
CMYK48.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,974,123
CSS custom property--colour: #79ACEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.91:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#865314

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93AFEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#85A4EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#45BAC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.2Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3Steel blue · ΔE 17.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.9Light steelblue · ΔE 23.5Sky blue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBB879
Analogous#79E5EB, #7F79EB
Triadic#EB79AC, #ACEB79
Split complementary#EB7F79, #E5EB79
Tetradic#EB79E5, #EBB879, #79EB7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#D2E3F8
Lighter +10%#A5C7F2
Darker −10%#4D91E4
Darker −20%#2175DD
Darker −30%#1A5EB1
Darker −40%#144684
More saturated +25%#66AAFE
Less saturated −25%#8CAED8

Channel breakdown

R121
G172
B235
Red121 (47.5%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue213.16°
Saturation (HSL)74.03%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G AC · B EB

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