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Recognised as Colour

#79BBF8

  • #79BBF8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#79BBF8 is a blue with RGB values 121, 187, 248 and HSL 209°, 90%, 72%. 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

#79BBF8#79BBF8
HEX#79BBF8
RGBrgb(121, 187, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7333, 0.9725
RGB percentages47.5%, 73.3%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(208.8, 90.1%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.8, 51.2%, 97.3%)
CMYK51.2%, 24.6%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,977,976
CSS custom property--colour: #79BBF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.7 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#864407

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2BCFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#91B0F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#34C9D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 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 11.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.6Sky blue · ΔE 19.3Steel blue · ΔE 21.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.1Light steelblue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8B679
Analogous#79F8F6, #797BF8
Triadic#F879BB, #BBF879
Split complementary#F8797B, #F8F679
Tetradic#F679F8, #F8B679, #7BF879

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAECFD
Lighter +10%#A9D4FB
Darker −10%#49A2F5
Darker −20%#188AF3
Darker −30%#0B70CD
Darker −40%#08559D
More saturated +25%#72BBFF
Less saturated −25%#8BBAE6

Channel breakdown

R121
G187
B248
Red121 (47.5%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue208.82°
Saturation (HSL)90.07%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G BB · B F8

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