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Recognised as Colour

#79E6FB

  • #79E6FB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#79E6FB is a cyan with RGB values 121, 230, 251 and HSL 190°, 94%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#79E6FB#79E6FB
HEX#79E6FB
RGBrgb(121, 230, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.902, 0.9843
RGB percentages47.5%, 90.2%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(189.7, 94.2%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 51.8%, 98.4%)
CMYK51.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,988,987
CSS custom property--colour: #79E6FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.52:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#861904

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5DFFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1D0FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#14EFECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 12.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.4Powder blue · ΔE 16.6Light blue · ΔE 17.2Light skyblue · ΔE 18.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB8E79
Analogous#79FBCF, #79A5FB
Triadic#FB79E6, #E6FB79
Split complementary#FB79A5, #FBCF79
Tetradic#CF79FB, #FB8E79, #A5FB79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCF8FE
Lighter +10%#ABEFFC
Darker −10%#47DDFA
Darker −20%#16D4F8
Darker −30%#06B3D5
Darker −40%#058AA3
More saturated +25%#75E9FF
Less saturated −25%#8ADAEA

Channel breakdown

R121
G230
B251
Red121 (47.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue189.69°
Saturation (HSL)94.2%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G E6 · B FB

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