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#79CDEB

#79cdeb ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79cdeb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 80.39% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.51% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 195.79°, with 74.03% saturation and 69.8% 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 11.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 1.75.

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Relative luminance0.5373

Complementary

  1. #79cdeb
  2. #eb9779

Split complementary

  1. #79cdeb
  2. #eb7994
  3. #ebd079

Analogous

  1. #79ebd0
  2. #79cdeb
  3. #7994eb

Triadic

  1. #79cdeb
  2. #eb79cd
  3. #cdeb79

Tetradic

  1. #79cdeb
  2. #9779eb
  3. #eb9779
  4. #cdeb79

Square

  1. #79cdeb
  2. #d079eb
  3. #eb9779
  4. #94eb79

Monochromatic

  1. #1a89b1
  2. #36b4e1
  3. #79cdeb
  4. #bce6f5
  5. #edf8fc

Shades

#79cdeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79cdeb
  2. #6db9d4
  3. #61a4bc
  4. #5590a5
  5. #497b8d
  6. #3d6776
  7. #30525e
  8. #243e47
  9. #18292f
  10. #0c1518
  11. #000000

Tints

#79cdeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79cdeb
  2. #86d2ed
  3. #94d7ef
  4. #a1dcf1
  5. #afe1f3
  6. #bce6f5
  7. #c9ebf7
  8. #d7f0f9
  9. #e4f5fb
  10. #f2fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79cdeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79cdeb
  2. #7ac5e0
  3. #7abed6
  4. #7bb6cb
  5. #7caec0
  6. #7da7b6
  7. #7d9fab
  8. #7e97a0
  9. #7f8f95
  10. #7f888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9c6d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcc9ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abbceb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3cd6d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5cbec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99c3eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5ad3df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79cdeb {
  color: #79cdeb;
}
Background
.bg-79cdeb {
  background-color: #79cdeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79cdeb {
  border: 2px solid #79cdeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79cdeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 205 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 74% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79cdeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79cdeb, #7994eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79cdeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 205 235 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 1.75 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 2.73 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.44 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.53 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.69 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.23 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.77 #863214 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#79cdeb  rgb(121, 205, 235)  hsl(196, 74%, 70%)  Sky Blue
#eb9779  rgb(235, 151, 121)  hsl(16, 74%, 70%)  Dark Salmon
#eb79cd  rgb(235, 121, 205)  hsl(316, 74%, 70%)  Rose Pink
#cdeb79  rgb(205, 235, 121)  hsl(76, 74%, 70%)  June Bud