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Recognised as Colour

#79AFE4

  • #79AFE4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#79AFE4 is a blue with RGB values 121, 175, 228 and HSL 210°, 66%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#79AFE4#79AFE4
HEX#79AFE4
RGBrgb(121, 175, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6863, 0.8941
RGB percentages47.5%, 68.6%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(209.7, 66.5%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.7, 46.9%, 89.4%)
CMYK46.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,974,884
CSS custom property--colour: #79AFE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.07:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#86501B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB0E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA5E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4ABBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.9Steel blue · ΔE 17.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.7Sky blue · ΔE 18.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4AE79
Analogous#79E4E3, #797AE4
Triadic#E479AF, #AFE479
Split complementary#E47979, #E4E379
Tetradic#E479E4, #E4AE79, #7AE479

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FBFE
Lighter +20%#CEE2F5
Lighter +10%#A3C8ED
Darker −10%#4F96DB
Darker −20%#297CCE
Darker −30%#2163A3
Darker −40%#184979
More saturated +25%#65AFF8
Less saturated −25%#8DAFD0

Channel breakdown

R121
G175
B228
Red121 (47.5%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue209.72°
Saturation (HSL)66.46%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G AF · B E4

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