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Recognised as Colour

#79CAEF

  • #79CAEF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#79CAEF is a cyan with RGB values 121, 202, 239 and HSL 199°, 79%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#79CAEF#79CAEF
HEX#79CAEF
RGBrgb(121, 202, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7922, 0.9373
RGB percentages47.5%, 79.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(198.8, 78.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 49.4%, 93.7%)
CMYK49.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,981,807
CSS custom property--colour: #79CAEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.51:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#863510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C7F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6BAEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Tritanopia#39D5D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.9Light skyblue · ΔE 5.3Light blue · ΔE 16.2Light steelblue · ΔE 17.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.6Powder blue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.92, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF9E79
Analogous#79EFD9, #798FEF
Triadic#EF79CA, #CAEF79
Split complementary#EF798F, #EFD979
Tetradic#D979EF, #EF9E79, #8FEF79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D4EEFA
Lighter +10%#A7DCF4
Darker −10%#4BB8EA
Darker −20%#1EA6E4
Darker −30%#1686B9
Darker −40%#11658B
More saturated +25%#69D0FF
Less saturated −25%#8CC3DC

Channel breakdown

R121
G202
B239
Red121 (47.5%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue198.81°
Saturation (HSL)78.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G CA · B EF

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