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Colour

#79CFEC

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

#79CFEC is a cyan with RGB values 121, 207, 236 and HSL 195°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#79CFEC#79CFEC
HEX#79CFEC
RGBrgb(121, 207, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8118, 0.9255
RGB percentages47.5%, 81.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(195.1, 75.2%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.1, 48.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK48.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,983,084
CSS custom property--colour: #79CFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54747WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.95:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#863013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BECBEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADBEECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#3AD8D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 3.7Light skyblue · ΔE 9.8Light blue · ΔE 14.1Powder blue · ΔE 16.6Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 3.7, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9679
Analogous#79ECD0, #7995EC
Triadic#EC79CF, #CFEC79
Split complementary#EC7995, #ECD079
Tetradic#D079EC, #EC9679, #96EC79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D2EFF9
Lighter +10%#A6DFF2
Darker −10%#4CBFE6
Darker −20%#20AFDF
Darker −30%#198CB3
Darker −40%#136986
More saturated +25%#66D8FF
Less saturated −25%#8CC6D9

Channel breakdown

R121
G207
B236
Red121 (47.5%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue195.13°
Saturation (HSL)75.16%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G CF · B EC

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