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Recognised as Colour

#79BDDD

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

#79BDDD is a cyan with RGB values 121, 189, 221 and HSL 199°, 60%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#79BDDD#79BDDD
HEX#79BDDD
RGBrgb(121, 189, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7412, 0.8667
RGB percentages47.5%, 74.1%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(199.2, 59.5%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 45.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK45.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,978,461
CSS custom property--colour: #79BDDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.14:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#864222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBADFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EAFDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#4CC6C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.3Light skyblue · ΔE 8.9Light steelblue · ΔE 14.9Light blue · ΔE 15.5Powder blue · ΔE 19.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD9979
Analogous#79DDCB, #798BDD
Triadic#DD79BD, #BDDD79
Split complementary#DD798B, #DDCB79
Tetradic#CB79DD, #DD9979, #8BDD79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F9FC
Lighter +20%#CAE5F2
Lighter +10%#A2D1E7
Darker −10%#50A9D3
Darker −20%#3192BF
Darker −30%#267397
Darker −40%#1C546E
More saturated +25%#64C5F2
Less saturated −25%#8EB5C8

Channel breakdown

R121
G189
B221
Red121 (47.5%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue199.2°
Saturation (HSL)59.52%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G BD · B DD

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