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Recognised as Colour

#79BAFF

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

#79BAFF is a blue with RGB values 121, 186, 255 and HSL 211°, 100%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#79BAFF#79BAFF
HEX#79BAFF
RGBrgb(121, 186, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7294, 1
RGB percentages47.5%, 72.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(210.9, 100%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.9, 52.5%, 100%)
CMYK52.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,977,727
CSS custom property--colour: #79BAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46403WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.28:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#864500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EBDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DAFFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#2ACAD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 23Sky blue · ΔE 23.8Light steelblue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFBE79
Analogous#79FDFF, #7B79FF
Triadic#FF79BA, #BAFF79
Split complementary#FF7B79, #FDFF79
Tetradic#FF79FD, #FFBE79, #79FF7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFEFFF
Lighter +10%#ACD4FF
Darker −10%#46A0FF
Darker −20%#1385FF
Darker −30%#006CDF
Darker −40%#0053AC
More saturated +25%#79BAFF
Less saturated −25%#8ABBEE

Channel breakdown

R121
G186
B255
Red121 (47.5%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue210.9°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G BA · B FF

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