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Recognised as Colour

#79B4ED

  • #79B4ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#79B4ED is a blue with RGB values 121, 180, 237 and HSL 209°, 76%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#79B4ED#79B4ED
HEX#79B4ED
RGBrgb(121, 180, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7059, 0.9294
RGB percentages47.5%, 70.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(209.5, 76.3%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.5, 48.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK48.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,976,173
CSS custom property--colour: #79B4ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.56:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#864B12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DB5F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EAAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Tritanopia#41C1C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.2Sky blue · ΔE 18.8Steel blue · ΔE 19.1Light steelblue · ΔE 20.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDB279
Analogous#79EDEC, #797AED
Triadic#ED79B4, #B4ED79
Split complementary#ED797A, #EDEC79
Tetradic#EC79ED, #EDB279, #7AED79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D3E6F9
Lighter +10%#A6CDF3
Darker −10%#4C9BE7
Darker −20%#1F82E1
Darker −30%#1868B5
Darker −40%#124E88
More saturated +25%#67B4FF
Less saturated −25%#8CB4DA

Channel breakdown

R121
G180
B237
Red121 (47.5%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue209.48°
Saturation (HSL)76.32%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G B4 · B ED

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