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#79FFFD

#79fffd ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#79fffd is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 100% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.55% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.78% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 179.1°, with 100% saturation and 73.73% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 3.13.

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Relative luminance0.8268

Complementary

  1. #79fffd
  2. #ff797b

Split complementary

  1. #79fffd
  2. #ff79be
  3. #ffba79

Analogous

  1. #79ffba
  2. #79fffd
  3. #79beff

Triadic

  1. #79fffd
  2. #fd79ff
  3. #fffd79

Tetradic

  1. #79fffd
  2. #797bff
  3. #ff797b
  4. #fffd79

Square

  1. #79fffd
  2. #ba79ff
  3. #ff797b
  4. #beff79

Monochromatic

  1. #00dfdc
  2. #2dfffc
  3. #79fffd
  4. #c6fffe
  5. #ebffff

Shades

#79fffd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79fffd
  2. #6de6e4
  3. #61ccca
  4. #55b3b1
  5. #499998
  6. #3d807f
  7. #306665
  8. #244d4c
  9. #183333
  10. #0c1a19
  11. #000000

Tints

#79fffd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79fffd
  2. #86fffd
  3. #94fffd
  4. #a1fffe
  5. #affffe
  6. #bcfffe
  7. #c9fffe
  8. #d7fffe
  9. #e4ffff
  10. #f2ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79fffd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79fffd
  2. #7af2f1
  3. #7ae6e4
  4. #7bd9d8
  5. #7ccccb
  6. #7dc0bf
  7. #7db3b2
  8. #7ea6a6
  9. #7f9999
  10. #7f8d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7f3f2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f1f4fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbe4fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00fffe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccf9fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bceffe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4afffe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79fffd {
  color: #79fffd;
}
Background
.bg-79fffd {
  background-color: #79fffd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79fffd {
  border: 2px solid #79fffd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79fffd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 255 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 100% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79fffd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79fffd, #79beff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79fffd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 255 253 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 3.13 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 4.05 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 4.05 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.11 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.36 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.32 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 8.10 #860002 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#79fffd  rgb(121, 255, 253)  hsl(179, 100%, 74%)  Electric Blue
#ff797b  rgb(255, 121, 123)  hsl(359, 100%, 74%)  Light Coral
#fd79ff  rgb(253, 121, 255)  hsl(299, 100%, 74%)  Fuchsia Pink
#fffd79  rgb(255, 253, 121)  hsl(59, 100%, 74%)  Laser Lemon