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#79C8ED

#79c8ed ≈ Baby Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79c8ed is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 78.43% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.95% cyan, 15.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 199.14°, 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 11.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Baby Blue (#89cff0), ΔE 2.31.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.5149

Complementary

  1. #79c8ed
  2. #ed9e79

Split complementary

  1. #79c8ed
  2. #ed798e
  3. #edd879

Analogous

  1. #79edd8
  2. #79c8ed
  3. #798eed

Triadic

  1. #79c8ed
  2. #ed79c8
  3. #c8ed79

Tetradic

  1. #79c8ed
  2. #9e79ed
  3. #ed9e79
  4. #c8ed79

Square

  1. #79c8ed
  2. #d879ed
  3. #ed9e79
  4. #8eed79

Monochromatic

  1. #1883b5
  2. #36ace4
  3. #79c8ed
  4. #bce4f6
  5. #edf8fd

Shades

#79c8ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79c8ed
  2. #6db4d5
  3. #61a0be
  4. #558ca6
  5. #49788e
  6. #3d6477
  7. #30505f
  8. #243c47
  9. #18282f
  10. #0c1418
  11. #000000

Tints

#79c8ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79c8ed
  2. #86ceef
  3. #94d3f1
  4. #a1d9f2
  5. #afdef4
  6. #bce4f6
  7. #c9e9f8
  8. #d7effa
  9. #e4f4fb
  10. #f2fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79c8ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79c8ed
  2. #7ac1e2
  3. #7abad7
  4. #7bb2cc
  5. #7cabc1
  6. #7da4b7
  7. #7d9dac
  8. #7e96a1
  9. #7f8e96
  10. #7f878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7c2d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c5ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5b8ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3bd2d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1c6ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95bfed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5acede ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79c8ed {
  color: #79c8ed;
}
Background
.bg-79c8ed {
  background-color: #79c8ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79c8ed {
  border: 2px solid #79c8ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79c8ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 200 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 76% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79c8ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79c8ed, #798eed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79c8ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 200 237 / 0.35);
}

#89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 2.31 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 2.73 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.34 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.38 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.85 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.38 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.81 #863712 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Baby Blue
#79c8ed  rgb(121, 200, 237)  hsl(199, 76%, 70%)  Baby Blue
#ed9e79  rgb(237, 158, 121)  hsl(19, 76%, 70%)  Light Salmon
#ed79c8  rgb(237, 121, 200)  hsl(319, 76%, 70%)  Rose Pink
#c8ed79  rgb(200, 237, 121)  hsl(79, 76%, 70%)  Inchworm