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Colour

#79CFFF

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

#79CFFF is a blue with RGB values 121, 207, 255 and HSL 201°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#79CFFF#79CFFF
HEX#79CFFF
RGBrgb(121, 207, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8118, 1
RGB percentages47.5%, 81.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(201.5, 100%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.5, 52.5%, 100%)
CMYK52.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,983,103
CSS custom property--colour: #79CFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.18:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#863000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8CDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6BFFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#1FDCDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 3.7Sky blue · ΔE 10.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 20.1Light blue · ΔE 20.6Powder blue · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 3.71, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFA979
Analogous#79FFEC, #798CFF
Triadic#FF79CF, #CFFF79
Split complementary#FF798C, #FFEC79
Tetradic#EC79FF, #FFA979, #8CFF79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFF4FF
Lighter +10%#ACE1FF
Darker −10%#46BDFF
Darker −20%#13AAFF
Darker −30%#008FDF
Darker −40%#006EAC
More saturated +25%#79CFFF
Less saturated −25%#8ACAEE

Channel breakdown

R121
G207
B255
Red121 (47.5%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue201.49°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G CF · B FF

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