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Recognised as Colour

#7AA2B2

  • #7AA2B2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7AA2B2 is a cyan with RGB values 122, 162, 178 and HSL 197°, 27%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7AA2B2#7AA2B2
HEX#7AA2B2
RGBrgb(122, 162, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.6353, 0.698
RGB percentages47.8%, 63.5%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(197.1, 26.7%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 31.5%, 69.8%)
CMYK31.5%, 9%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,037,042
CSS custom property--colour: #7AA2B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.64:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#855D4D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99A0B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9099B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Tritanopia#67A7A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.3Cadetblue · ΔE 11.7Slate grey · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Dark grey · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B28A7A
Analogous#7AB2A6, #7A86B2
Triadic#B27AA2, #A2B27A
Split complementary#B27A86, #B2A67A
Tetradic#A67AB2, #B28A7A, #86B27A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFCFD
Lighter +30%#DBE6EA
Lighter +20%#BBCFD7
Lighter +10%#9AB9C5
Darker −10%#5B8B9E
Darker −20%#496E7D
Darker −30%#36525D
Darker −40%#23353D
More saturated +25%#60ADCC
Less saturated −25%#949798

Channel breakdown

R122
G162
B178
Red122 (47.8%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue197.14°
Saturation (HSL)26.67%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G A2 · B B2

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