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#79DCFE

#79dcfe ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#79dcfe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 86.27% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.36% cyan, 13.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 195.34°, 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 13.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 4.09.

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Relative luminance0.6241

Complementary

  1. #79dcfe
  2. #fe9b79

Split complementary

  1. #79dcfe
  2. #fe7999
  3. #fede79

Analogous

  1. #79fede
  2. #79dcfe
  3. #7999fe

Triadic

  1. #79dcfe
  2. #fe79dc
  3. #dcfe79

Tetradic

  1. #79dcfe
  2. #9b79fe
  3. #fe9b79
  4. #dcfe79

Square

  1. #79dcfe
  2. #de79fe
  3. #fe9b79
  4. #99fe79

Monochromatic

  1. #02a4dc
  2. #2dc8fd
  3. #79dcfe
  4. #c5f0ff
  5. #ebfaff

Shades

#79dcfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79dcfe
  2. #6dc6e5
  3. #61b0cb
  4. #559ab2
  5. #498498
  6. #3d6e7f
  7. #305866
  8. #24424c
  9. #182c33
  10. #0c1619
  11. #000000

Tints

#79dcfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79dcfe
  2. #86e0fe
  3. #94e3fe
  4. #a1e7fe
  5. #afeafe
  6. #bceeff
  7. #c9f1ff
  8. #d7f5ff
  9. #e4f8ff
  10. #f2fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79dcfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79dcfe
  2. #7ad3f1
  3. #7acae5
  4. #7bc0d8
  5. #7cb7cc
  6. #7daebf
  7. #7da5b2
  8. #7e9ca6
  9. #7f9299
  10. #7f898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3d4e3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8d7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5c9fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #16e7e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aed9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0d1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #50e3f0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79dcfe {
  color: #79dcfe;
}
Background
.bg-79dcfe {
  background-color: #79dcfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79dcfe {
  border: 2px solid #79dcfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79dcfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 220 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 99% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79dcfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79dcfe, #7999fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79dcfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 220 254 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.09 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.28 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.26 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.27 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.19 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.76 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.81 #862301 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#79dcfe  rgb(121, 220, 254)  hsl(195, 99%, 74%)  Sky Blue
#fe9b79  rgb(254, 155, 121)  hsl(15, 99%, 74%)  Light Salmon
#fe79dc  rgb(254, 121, 220)  hsl(315, 99%, 74%)  Rose Pink
#dcfe79  rgb(220, 254, 121)  hsl(75, 99%, 74%)  Inchworm