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#79AEDC

#79aedc ≈ Iceberg

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79aedc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 68.24% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45% cyan, 20.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 207.88°, with 58.58% saturation and 66.86% 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 8.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Iceberg (#71a6d2), ΔE 2.44.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.395

Complementary

  1. #79aedc
  2. #dca779

Split complementary

  1. #79aedc
  2. #dc797c
  3. #dcd879

Analogous

  1. #79dcd8
  2. #79aedc
  3. #797cdc

Triadic

  1. #79aedc
  2. #dc79ae
  3. #aedc79

Tetradic

  1. #79aedc
  2. #a779dc
  3. #dca779
  4. #aedc79

Square

  1. #79aedc
  2. #d879dc
  3. #dca779
  4. #7cdc79

Monochromatic

  1. #276295
  2. #3c89cc
  3. #79aedc
  4. #b6d3ec
  5. #eff5fb

Shades

#79aedc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79aedc
  2. #6d9dc6
  3. #618bb0
  4. #557a9a
  5. #496884
  6. #3d576e
  7. #304658
  8. #243442
  9. #18232c
  10. #0c1116
  11. #000000

Tints

#79aedc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79aedc
  2. #86b6e0
  3. #94bee3
  4. #a1c6e7
  5. #afceea
  6. #bcd7ee
  7. #c9dff1
  8. #d7e7f5
  9. #e4eff8
  10. #f2f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79aedc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79aedc
  2. #7aa9d3
  3. #7aa5ca
  4. #7ba0c0
  5. #7c9cb7
  6. #7d97ae
  7. #7d92a5
  8. #7e8e9c
  9. #7f8992
  10. #7f8589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98abbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9baede ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ea4db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #50b9bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8faedd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86a8db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #63b5ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79aedc {
  color: #79aedc;
}
Background
.bg-79aedc {
  background-color: #79aedc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79aedc {
  border: 2px solid #79aedc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79aedc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 174 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 59% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79aedc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79aedc, #797cdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79aedc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 174 220 / 0.35);
}

#71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 2.44 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.95 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.13 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.73 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.81 #865123 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Iceberg
#79aedc  rgb(121, 174, 220)  hsl(208, 59%, 67%)  Iceberg
#dca779  rgb(220, 167, 121)  hsl(28, 59%, 67%)  Fawn
#dc79ae  rgb(220, 121, 174)  hsl(328, 59%, 67%)  Thulian Pink
#aedc79  rgb(174, 220, 121)  hsl(88, 59%, 67%)  Inchworm