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Recognised as Colour

#79D9EC

  • #79D9EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#79D9EC is a cyan with RGB values 121, 217, 236 and HSL 190°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#79D9EC#79D9EC
HEX#79D9EC
RGBrgb(121, 217, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.851, 0.9255
RGB percentages47.5%, 85.1%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(189.9, 75.2%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.9, 48.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK48.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,985,644
CSS custom property--colour: #79D9EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59747WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.95:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#862613

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD3EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C5ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#36E1DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.5Light blue · ΔE 14.3Powder blue · ΔE 14.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.9Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC8C79
Analogous#79ECC5, #79A0EC
Triadic#EC79D9, #D9EC79
Split complementary#EC799F, #ECC579
Tetradic#C679EC, #EC8C79, #9FEC79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D2F2F9
Lighter +10%#A6E6F2
Darker −10%#4CCCE6
Darker −20%#20C0DF
Darker −30%#1999B3
Darker −40%#137386
More saturated +25%#66E6FF
Less saturated −25%#8CCCD9

Channel breakdown

R121
G217
B236
Red121 (47.5%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue189.91°
Saturation (HSL)75.16%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G D9 · B EC

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