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Recognised as Colour

#79CAFA

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

#79CAFA is a blue with RGB values 121, 202, 250 and HSL 202°, 93%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#79CAFA#79CAFA
HEX#79CAFA
RGBrgb(121, 202, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7922, 0.9804
RGB percentages47.5%, 79.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(202.3, 92.8%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.3, 51.6%, 98%)
CMYK51.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,981,818
CSS custom property--colour: #79CAFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.64:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#863505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C9FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2BBF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#2BD6DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 3.4Sky blue · ΔE 10.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.8Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2Light blue · ΔE 20.6Powder blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 3.37, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAA979
Analogous#79FAE9, #798AFA
Triadic#FA79CA, #CAFA79
Split complementary#FA798A, #FAE979
Tetradic#E979FA, #FAA979, #89FA79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBF1FE
Lighter +10%#AADDFC
Darker −10%#48B7F8
Darker −20%#17A3F6
Darker −30%#0887D2
Darker −40%#0667A1
More saturated +25%#74CBFF
Less saturated −25%#8AC6E9

Channel breakdown

R121
G202
B250
Red121 (47.5%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue202.33°
Saturation (HSL)92.81%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G CA · B FA

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