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Recognised as Colour

#79C8FA

  • #79C8FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#79C8FA is a blue with RGB values 121, 200, 250 and HSL 203°, 93%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#79C8FA#79C8FA
HEX#79C8FA
RGBrgb(121, 200, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7843, 0.9804
RGB percentages47.5%, 78.4%, 98%
HSLhsl(203.3, 92.8%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.3, 51.6%, 98%)
CMYK51.6%, 20%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,981,306
CSS custom property--colour: #79C8FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.46:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#863705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C7FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B9F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#2CD5D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.2Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.4Light steelblue · ΔE 19.4Light blue · ΔE 21.5Powder blue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.22, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAAB79
Analogous#79FAEB, #7988FA
Triadic#FA79C8, #C8FA79
Split complementary#FA7988, #FAEC79
Tetradic#EB79FA, #FAAB79, #87FA79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBF0FE
Lighter +10%#AADCFC
Darker −10%#48B4F8
Darker −20%#17A0F6
Darker −30%#0884D2
Darker −40%#0665A1
More saturated +25%#74C9FF
Less saturated −25%#8AC4E9

Channel breakdown

R121
G200
B250
Red121 (47.5%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue203.26°
Saturation (HSL)92.81%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G C8 · B FA

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