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Recognised as Colour

#79B6FD

  • #79B6FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#79B6FD is a blue with RGB values 121, 182, 253 and HSL 212°, 97%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#79B6FD#79B6FD
HEX#79B6FD
RGBrgb(121, 182, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7137, 0.9922
RGB percentages47.5%, 71.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(212.3, 97.1%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.3, 52.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK52.2%, 28.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,976,701
CSS custom property--colour: #79B6FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.92:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#864902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#89ACFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#2FC6CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.5Light skyblue · ΔE 18Steel blue · ΔE 22.4Sky blue · ΔE 25.5Light steelblue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDC079
Analogous#79F8FD, #7E79FD
Triadic#FD79B6, #B6FD79
Split complementary#FD7E79, #F8FD79
Tetradic#FD79F8, #FDC079, #79FD7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEEDFF
Lighter +10%#ABD1FE
Darker −10%#479BFC
Darker −20%#157FFC
Darker −30%#0366DA
Darker −40%#024FA8
More saturated +25%#77B6FF
Less saturated −25%#8AB7EC

Channel breakdown

R121
G182
B253
Red121 (47.5%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue212.27°
Saturation (HSL)97.06%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G B6 · B FD

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