Colour

#7AA6EE

#7AA6EE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7AA6EE is a blue with RGB values 122, 166, 238 and HSL 217°, 77%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#7AA6EE

RGBrgb(122, 166, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.651, 0.9333

RGB percentages47.8%, 65.1%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(217.2, 77.3%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.2, 48.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK48.7%, 30.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,038,126

CSS custom property--colour: #7AA6EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37583WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.52:1

Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#855911

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8AABF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7DA0ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#47B6C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.4 Steel blue · ΔE 19.5 Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 23 Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EEC27A

Analogous#7AE0EE, #887AEE

Triadic#EE7AA6, #A6EE7A

Split complementary#EE887A, #E0EE7A

Tetradic#EE7AE0, #EEC27A, #7AEE88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D4E3FA

Lighter +10%#A7C4F4

Darker −10%#4D88E8

Darker −20%#2069E2

Darker −30%#1754B8

Darker −40%#123F8A

More saturated +25%#69A2FF

Less saturated −25%#8DABDB

Channel breakdown

R122

G166

B238

Red122 (47.8%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue217.24°

Saturation (HSL)77.33%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7A · G A6 · B EE

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