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Recognised as Colour

#79BCFA

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

#79BCFA is a blue with RGB values 121, 188, 250 and HSL 209°, 93%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#79BCFA#79BCFA
HEX#79BCFA
RGBrgb(121, 188, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7373, 0.9804
RGB percentages47.5%, 73.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(208.8, 92.8%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.8, 51.6%, 98%)
CMYK51.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,978,234
CSS custom property--colour: #79BCFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.39:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#864305

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2BEFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#91B1F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#31CBD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.4Sky blue · ΔE 19.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 22Steel blue · ΔE 22.2Light steelblue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAB779
Analogous#79FAF8, #797BFA
Triadic#FA79BC, #BCFA79
Split complementary#FA797B, #FAF879
Tetradic#F879FA, #FAB779, #7BFA79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBEDFE
Lighter +10%#AAD5FC
Darker −10%#48A3F8
Darker −20%#178BF6
Darker −30%#0871D2
Darker −40%#0657A1
More saturated +25%#74BCFF
Less saturated −25%#8ABBE9

Channel breakdown

R121
G188
B250
Red121 (47.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue208.84°
Saturation (HSL)92.81%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G BC · B FA

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