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#79CDFD

#79cdfd ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#79cdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.17% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 201.82°, with 97.06% saturation and 73.33% 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 11.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 1.6.

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Relative luminance0.5482

Complementary

  1. #79cdfd
  2. #fda979

Split complementary

  1. #79cdfd
  2. #fd798b
  3. #fdeb79

Analogous

  1. #79fdeb
  2. #79cdfd
  3. #798bfd

Triadic

  1. #79cdfd
  2. #fd79cd
  3. #cdfd79

Tetradic

  1. #79cdfd
  2. #a979fd
  3. #fda979
  4. #cdfd79

Square

  1. #79cdfd
  2. #eb79fd
  3. #fda979
  4. #8bfd79

Monochromatic

  1. #038cda
  2. #2eb1fc
  3. #79cdfd
  4. #c4e9fe
  5. #ebf7ff

Shades

#79cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79cdfd
  2. #6db9e4
  3. #61a4ca
  4. #5590b1
  5. #497b98
  6. #3d677f
  7. #305265
  8. #243e4c
  9. #182933
  10. #0c1519
  11. #000000

Tints

#79cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79cdfd
  2. #86d2fd
  3. #94d7fd
  4. #a1dcfe
  5. #afe1fe
  6. #bce6fe
  7. #c9ebfe
  8. #d7f0fe
  9. #e4f5ff
  10. #f2faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79cdfd
  2. #7ac5f1
  3. #7abee4
  4. #7bb6d8
  5. #7caecb
  6. #7da7bf
  7. #7d9fb2
  8. #7e97a6
  9. #7f8f99
  10. #7f888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abc7dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6cbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4bdfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #24dadd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1ccfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95c4fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #53d5ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79cdfd {
  color: #79cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-79cdfd {
  background-color: #79cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #79cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 97% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79cdfd, #798bfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 1.60 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.67 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.68 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.89 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.44 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.90 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.31 #863202 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#79cdfd  rgb(121, 205, 253)  hsl(202, 97%, 73%)  Light Sky Blue
#fda979  rgb(253, 169, 121)  hsl(22, 97%, 73%)  Light Salmon
#fd79cd  rgb(253, 121, 205)  hsl(322, 97%, 73%)  Rose Pink
#cdfd79  rgb(205, 253, 121)  hsl(82, 97%, 73%)  Inchworm