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Recognised as Colour

#79CBFB

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

#79CBFB is a blue with RGB values 121, 203, 251 and HSL 202°, 94%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#79CBFB#79CBFB
HEX#79CBFB
RGBrgb(121, 203, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7961, 0.9843
RGB percentages47.5%, 79.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(202.2, 94.2%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.2, 51.8%, 98.4%)
CMYK51.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,982,075
CSS custom property--colour: #79CBFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.75:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#863404

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C9FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3BCFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#29D8DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 3.4Sky blue · ΔE 10.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.8Light steelblue · ΔE 19.4Light blue · ΔE 20.6Powder blue · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 3.35, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBA979
Analogous#79FBEA, #798AFB
Triadic#FB79CB, #CBFB79
Split complementary#FB798A, #FBEA79
Tetradic#EA79FB, #FBA979, #8AFB79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCF1FE
Lighter +10%#ABDEFC
Darker −10%#47B8FA
Darker −20%#16A5F8
Darker −30%#0688D5
Darker −40%#0569A3
More saturated +25%#75CCFF
Less saturated −25%#8AC6EA

Channel breakdown

R121
G203
B251
Red121 (47.5%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue202.15°
Saturation (HSL)94.2%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G CB · B FB

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