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Recognised as Colour

#79C3D3

  • #79C3D3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#79C3D3 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 195, 211 and HSL 191°, 51%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#79C3D3#79C3D3
HEX#79C3D3
RGBrgb(121, 195, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7647, 0.8275
RGB percentages47.5%, 76.5%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(190.7, 50.6%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.7, 42.7%, 82.7%)
CMYK42.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,979,987
CSS custom property--colour: #79C3D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.56:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#863C2C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6BED4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B3D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Tritanopia#51CAC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 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 text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 12.7Powder blue · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D38979
Analogous#79D3B6, #7996D3
Triadic#D379C3, #C3D379
Split complementary#D37996, #D3B679
Tetradic#B679D3, #D38979, #96D379

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECF7F9
Lighter +20%#C6E5EC
Lighter +10%#9FD4E0
Darker −10%#53B2C6
Darker −20%#3998AD
Darker −30%#2C7787
Darker −40%#205560
More saturated +25%#63D1E9
Less saturated −25%#8FB5BD

Channel breakdown

R121
G195
B211
Red121 (47.5%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue190.67°
Saturation (HSL)50.56%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G C3 · B D3

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