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#79AFFE

#79affe ≈ Iceberg

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#79affe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.36% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 215.64°, with 98.52% saturation and 73.53% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Iceberg (#71a6d2), ΔE 5.88.

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Relative luminance0.4188

Complementary

  1. #79affe
  2. #fec879

Split complementary

  1. #79affe
  2. #fe8679
  3. #f1fe79

Analogous

  1. #79f1fe
  2. #79affe
  3. #8679fe

Triadic

  1. #79affe
  2. #fe79af
  3. #affe79

Tetradic

  1. #79affe
  2. #c879fe
  3. #fec879
  4. #affe79

Square

  1. #79affe
  2. #fe79f1
  3. #fec879
  4. #79fe86

Monochromatic

  1. #025adc
  2. #2d82fd
  3. #79affe
  4. #c5dcff
  5. #ebf3ff

Shades

#79affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79affe
  2. #6d9ee5
  3. #618ccb
  4. #557bb2
  5. #496998
  6. #3d587f
  7. #304666
  8. #24354c
  9. #182333
  10. #0c1219
  11. #000000

Tints

#79affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79affe
  2. #86b7fe
  3. #94bffe
  4. #a1c7fe
  5. #afcffe
  6. #bcd7ff
  7. #c9dfff
  8. #d7e7ff
  9. #e4efff
  10. #f2f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79affe
  2. #7aaaf1
  3. #7aa6e5
  4. #7ba1d8
  5. #7c9ccc
  6. #7d98bf
  7. #7d93b2
  8. #7e8ea6
  9. #7f8999
  10. #7f858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9baed2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90b4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7fa7fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #30c1cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87b2ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7dabfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #57bae1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79affe {
  color: #79affe;
}
Background
.bg-79affe {
  background-color: #79affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79affe {
  border: 2px solid #79affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 99% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79affe, #8679fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.88 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.59 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.57 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.64 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.09 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.35 #865001 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Iceberg
#79affe  rgb(121, 175, 254)  hsl(216, 99%, 74%)  Iceberg
#fec879  rgb(254, 200, 121)  hsl(36, 99%, 74%)  Topaz
#fe79af  rgb(254, 121, 175)  hsl(336, 99%, 74%)  Persian Pink
#affe79  rgb(175, 254, 121)  hsl(96, 99%, 74%)  Inchworm