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#79ACED

#79aced ≈ Iceberg

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79aced is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 67.45% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.95% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 213.62°, with 76.32% saturation and 70.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Iceberg (#71a6d2), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3968

Complementary

  1. #79aced
  2. #edba79

Split complementary

  1. #79aced
  2. #ed8079
  3. #e6ed79

Analogous

  1. #79e6ed
  2. #79aced
  3. #8079ed

Triadic

  1. #79aced
  2. #ed79ac
  3. #aced79

Tetradic

  1. #79aced
  2. #ba79ed
  3. #edba79
  4. #aced79

Square

  1. #79aced
  2. #ed79e6
  3. #edba79
  4. #79ed80

Monochromatic

  1. #185db5
  2. #3682e4
  3. #79aced
  4. #bcd6f6
  5. #edf4fd

Shades

#79aced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79aced
  2. #6d9bd5
  3. #618abe
  4. #5578a6
  5. #49678e
  6. #3d5677
  7. #30455f
  8. #243447
  9. #18222f
  10. #0c1118
  11. #000000

Tints

#79aced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79aced
  2. #86b4ef
  3. #94bdf1
  4. #a1c5f2
  5. #afcdf4
  6. #bcd6f6
  7. #c9def8
  8. #d7e6fa
  9. #e4eefb
  10. #f2f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79aced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79aced
  2. #7aa8e2
  3. #7aa3d7
  4. #7b9fcc
  5. #7c9ac1
  6. #7d96b7
  7. #7d92ac
  8. #7e8da1
  9. #7f8996
  10. #7f848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98aac8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93aff0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84a4ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #44bbc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89aeef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #80a7ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5db5d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79aced {
  color: #79aced;
}
Background
.bg-79aced {
  background-color: #79aced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79aced {
  border: 2px solid #79aced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79aced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 172 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 76% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79aced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79aced, #8079ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79aced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 172 237 / 0.35);
}

#71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.34 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.61 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.17 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.64 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.66 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.39 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.18 #865312 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Iceberg
#79aced  rgb(121, 172, 237)  hsl(214, 76%, 70%)  Iceberg
#edba79  rgb(237, 186, 121)  hsl(34, 76%, 70%)  Topaz
#ed79ac  rgb(237, 121, 172)  hsl(334, 76%, 70%)  Persian Pink
#aced79  rgb(172, 237, 121)  hsl(94, 76%, 70%)  Inchworm