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#79BEDB

#79bedb ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79bedb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 74.51% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.75% cyan, 13.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 197.76°, with 57.65% saturation and 66.67% 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 10.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 4.09.

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Relative luminance0.4601

Complementary

  1. #79bedb
  2. #db9679

Split complementary

  1. #79bedb
  2. #db798d
  3. #dbc779

Analogous

  1. #79dbc7
  2. #79bedb
  3. #798ddb

Triadic

  1. #79bedb
  2. #db79be
  3. #bedb79

Tetradic

  1. #79bedb
  2. #9679db
  3. #db9679
  4. #bedb79

Square

  1. #79bedb
  2. #c779db
  3. #db9679
  4. #8ddb79

Monochromatic

  1. #287493
  2. #3da1cb
  3. #79bedb
  4. #b5dbeb
  5. #eff7fb

Shades

#79bedb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79bedb
  2. #6dabc5
  3. #6198af
  4. #558599
  5. #497283
  6. #3d5f6e
  7. #304c58
  8. #243942
  9. #18262c
  10. #0c1316
  11. #000000

Tints

#79bedb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79bedb
  2. #86c5df
  3. #94cbe2
  4. #a1d2e6
  5. #afd8e9
  6. #bcdfed
  7. #c9e5f1
  8. #d7ecf4
  9. #e4f2f8
  10. #f2f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79bedb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79bedb
  2. #7ab8d2
  3. #7ab2c9
  4. #7babc0
  5. #7ca5b7
  6. #7d9fae
  7. #7d99a4
  8. #7e939b
  9. #7f8c92
  10. #7f8689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0b8c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afbbdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b0db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4dc7c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cbcdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92b6db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #61c3cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79bedb {
  color: #79bedb;
}
Background
.bg-79bedb {
  background-color: #79bedb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79bedb {
  border: 2px solid #79bedb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79bedb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 190 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 58% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79bedb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79bedb, #798ddb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79bedb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 190 219 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.09 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.57 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.91 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.12 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.96 #864124 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#79bedb  rgb(121, 190, 219)  hsl(198, 58%, 67%)  Sky Blue
#db9679  rgb(219, 150, 121)  hsl(18, 58%, 67%)  Dark Salmon
#db79be  rgb(219, 121, 190)  hsl(318, 58%, 67%)  Sky Magenta
#bedb79  rgb(190, 219, 121)  hsl(78, 58%, 67%)  June Bud