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Recognised as Colour

#79B6CD

  • #79B6CD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#79B6CD is a cyan with RGB values 121, 182, 205 and HSL 196°, 46%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#79B6CD#79B6CD
HEX#79B6CD
RGBrgb(121, 182, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7137, 0.8039
RGB percentages47.5%, 71.4%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(196.4, 45.7%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 41%, 80.4%)
CMYK41%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,976,653
CSS custom property--colour: #79B6CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#864932

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B3CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CA9CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#57BDBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.1Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Light blue · ΔE 14.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8Cadetblue · ΔE 15.4Powder blue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD9079
Analogous#79CDBA, #798CCD
Triadic#CD79B6, #B6CD79
Split complementary#CD798C, #CDBA79
Tetradic#BA79CD, #CD9079, #8CCD79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8F3F7
Lighter +20%#C3DEE9
Lighter +10%#9ECADB
Darker −10%#54A2BF
Darker −20%#3D87A3
Darker −30%#2F687E
Darker −40%#214A59
More saturated +25%#62C0E4
Less saturated −25%#90ACB6

Channel breakdown

R121
G182
B205
Red121 (47.5%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue196.43°
Saturation (HSL)45.65%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G B6 · B CD

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