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Recognised as Colour

#7AA8FB

  • #7AA8FB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7AA8FB is a blue with RGB values 122, 168, 251 and HSL 219°, 94%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7AA8FB#7AA8FB
HEX#7AA8FB
RGBrgb(122, 168, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.6588, 0.9843
RGB percentages47.8%, 65.9%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(218.6, 94.2%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.6, 51.4%, 98.4%)
CMYK51.4%, 33.1%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,038,651
CSS custom property--colour: #7AA8FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39108WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.82:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#855704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87AEFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#78A2F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#3ABAC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 20Steel blue · ΔE 24.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.5Light skyblue · ΔE 27.4Medium purple · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBCD7A
Analogous#7AE9FB, #8C7AFB
Triadic#FB7AA8, #A8FB7A
Split complementary#FB8C7A, #E9FB7A
Tetradic#FB7AE9, #FBCD7A, #7AFB8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDE9FE
Lighter +10%#ACC8FC
Darker −10%#4888FA
Darker −20%#1767F8
Darker −30%#0650D6
Darker −40%#053EA4
More saturated +25%#76A7FF
Less saturated −25%#8BADEA

Channel breakdown

R122
G168
B251
Red122 (47.8%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue218.6°
Saturation (HSL)94.16%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G A8 · B FB

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