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Recognised as Colour

#7AAADE

  • #7AAADE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7AAADE is a blue with RGB values 122, 170, 222 and HSL 211°, 60%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7AAADE#7AAADE
HEX#7AAADE
RGBrgb(122, 170, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.6667, 0.8706
RGB percentages47.8%, 66.7%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(211.2, 60.2%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.2, 45%, 87.1%)
CMYK45%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,039,134
CSS custom property--colour: #7AAADE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.63:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#855521

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96ACE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#89A2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#51B6BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6Steel blue · ΔE 15.8Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1Sky blue · ΔE 19.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEAE7A
Analogous#7ADCDE, #7C7ADE
Triadic#DE7AAA, #AADE7A
Split complementary#DE7C7A, #DCDE7A
Tetradic#DE7ADC, #DEAE7A, #7ADE7C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F8FC
Lighter +20%#CCDEF2
Lighter +10%#A3C4E8
Darker −10%#5190D4
Darker −20%#3076C2
Darker −30%#265D99
Darker −40%#1C4470
More saturated +25%#65A9F3
Less saturated −25%#8FABC9

Channel breakdown

R122
G170
B222
Red122 (47.8%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue211.2°
Saturation (HSL)60.24%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G AA · B DE

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