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#79EFEA

#79efea ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79efea is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 93.73% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.37% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.09% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 177.46°, with 78.67% saturation and 70.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 4.41.

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Relative luminance0.7174

Complementary

  1. #79efea
  2. #ef797e

Split complementary

  1. #79efea
  2. #ef79b9
  3. #efaf79

Analogous

  1. #79efaf
  2. #79efea
  3. #79b9ef

Triadic

  1. #79efea
  2. #ea79ef
  3. #efea79

Tetradic

  1. #79efea
  2. #797eef
  3. #ef797e
  4. #efea79

Square

  1. #79efea
  2. #af79ef
  3. #ef797e
  4. #b9ef79

Monochromatic

  1. #16b9b2
  2. #35e7df
  3. #79efea
  4. #bdf7f5
  5. #edfdfc

Shades

#79efea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79efea
  2. #6dd7d3
  3. #61bfbb
  4. #55a7a4
  5. #498f8c
  6. #3d7875
  7. #30605e
  8. #244846
  9. #18302f
  10. #0c1817
  11. #000000

Tints

#79efea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79efea
  2. #86f1ec
  3. #94f2ee
  4. #a1f4f0
  5. #aff5f2
  6. #bcf7f5
  7. #c9f9f7
  8. #d7faf9
  9. #e4fcfb
  10. #f2fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79efea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79efea
  2. #7ae4df
  3. #7ad9d5
  4. #7bceca
  5. #7cc3c0
  6. #7db8b5
  7. #7dacaa
  8. #7ea1a0
  9. #7f9695
  10. #7f8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bde4e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e5ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfd6eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2df5ed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2e9ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3e0eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #56f2ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79efea {
  color: #79efea;
}
Background
.bg-79efea {
  background-color: #79efea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79efea {
  border: 2px solid #79efea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79efea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 239 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 79% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79efea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79efea, #79b9ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79efea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 239 234 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.41 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.46 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.68 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.68 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.35 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.72 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.83 #861015 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#79efea  rgb(121, 239, 234)  hsl(177, 79%, 71%)  Electric Blue
#ef797e  rgb(239, 121, 126)  hsl(357, 79%, 71%)  Light Coral
#ea79ef  rgb(234, 121, 239)  hsl(297, 79%, 71%)  Violet
#efea79  rgb(239, 234, 121)  hsl(57, 79%, 71%)  Khaki