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Recognised as Colour

#79BBCD

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

#79BBCD is a cyan with RGB values 121, 187, 205 and HSL 193°, 46%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#79BBCD#79BBCD
HEX#79BBCD
RGBrgb(121, 187, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7333, 0.8039
RGB percentages47.5%, 73.3%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(192.9, 45.7%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 41%, 80.4%)
CMYK41%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,977,933
CSS custom property--colour: #79BBCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.8:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#864432

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB7CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1ADCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#56C2C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.1Light blue · ΔE 13.5Cadetblue · ΔE 14.2Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Powder blue · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD8B79
Analogous#79CDB5, #7991CD
Triadic#CD79BB, #BBCD79
Split complementary#CD7991, #CDB579
Tetradic#B579CD, #CD8B79, #91CD79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8F4F7
Lighter +20%#C3E1E9
Lighter +10%#9ECEDB
Darker −10%#54A8BF
Darker −20%#3D8DA3
Darker −30%#2F6D7E
Darker −40%#214D59
More saturated +25%#62C8E4
Less saturated −25%#90AEB6

Channel breakdown

R121
G187
B205
Red121 (47.5%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue192.86°
Saturation (HSL)45.65%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G BB · B CD

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