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Recognised as Colour

#79C0EA

  • #79C0EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#79C0EA is a blue with RGB values 121, 192, 234 and HSL 202°, 73%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#79C0EA#79C0EA
HEX#79C0EA
RGBrgb(121, 192, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7529, 0.9176
RGB percentages47.5%, 75.3%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(202.3, 72.9%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.3, 48.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK48.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,979,242
CSS custom property--colour: #79C0EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47705WCAG 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 10.54:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#863F15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBFECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB2E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Tritanopia#41CBCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.1Sky blue · ΔE 8.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.3Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Light blue · ΔE 18.7Powder blue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAA379
Analogous#79EADC, #7987EA
Triadic#EA79C0, #C0EA79
Split complementary#EA7987, #EADC79
Tetradic#DC79EA, #EAA379, #87EA79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFEFF
Lighter +20%#D1E9F8
Lighter +10%#A5D5F1
Darker −10%#4DABE3
Darker −20%#2296DB
Darker −30%#1B78AF
Darker −40%#145A83
More saturated +25%#66C5FD
Less saturated −25%#8CBBD7

Channel breakdown

R121
G192
B234
Red121 (47.5%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue202.3°
Saturation (HSL)72.9%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G C0 · B EA

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