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Recognised as Colour

#79B7CC

  • #79B7CC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#79B7CC is a cyan with RGB values 121, 183, 204 and HSL 195°, 45%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#79B7CC#79B7CC
HEX#79B7CC
RGBrgb(121, 183, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7176, 0.8
RGB percentages47.5%, 71.8%, 80%
HSLhsl(195.2, 44.9%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.2, 40.7%, 80%)
CMYK40.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,976,908
CSS custom property--colour: #79B7CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.46:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#864833

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB4CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EAACCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#57BEBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.3Light blue · ΔE 14.3Cadetblue · ΔE 14.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.2Powder blue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC8E79
Analogous#79CCB7, #798ECC
Triadic#CC79B7, #B7CC79
Split complementary#CC798E, #CCB779
Tetradic#B779CC, #CC8E79, #8ECC79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8F3F6
Lighter +20%#C3DFE8
Lighter +10%#9ECBDA
Darker −10%#54A3BE
Darker −20%#3D88A2
Darker −30%#2F697D
Darker −40%#214A58
More saturated +25%#62C2E3
Less saturated −25%#90ACB5

Channel breakdown

R121
G183
B204
Red121 (47.5%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue195.18°
Saturation (HSL)44.86%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G B7 · B CC

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