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Colour

#79D8EC

  • #79D8EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#79D8EC is a cyan with RGB values 121, 216, 236 and HSL 190°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#79D8EC#79D8EC
HEX#79D8EC
RGBrgb(121, 216, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.8471, 0.9255
RGB percentages47.5%, 84.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(190.4, 75.2%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.4, 48.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK48.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,985,388
CSS custom property--colour: #79D8EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.85:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#862713

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D2EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C4ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Tritanopia#36E0DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 14.1Powder blue · ΔE 14.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.2Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC8D79
Analogous#79ECC6, #799FEC
Triadic#EC79D8, #D8EC79
Split complementary#EC799F, #ECC679
Tetradic#C679EC, #EC8D79, #9FEC79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D2F2F9
Lighter +10%#A6E5F2
Darker −10%#4CCBE6
Darker −20%#20BEDF
Darker −30%#1998B3
Darker −40%#137286
More saturated +25%#66E4FF
Less saturated −25%#8CCCD9

Channel breakdown

R121
G216
B236
Red121 (47.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue190.43°
Saturation (HSL)75.16%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G D8 · B EC

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