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Recognised as Colour

#7AAFEA

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

#7AAFEA is a blue with RGB values 122, 175, 234 and HSL 212°, 73%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7AAFEA#7AAFEA
HEX#7AAFEA
RGBrgb(122, 175, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.6863, 0.9176
RGB percentages47.8%, 68.6%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(211.6, 72.7%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.6, 47.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK47.9%, 25.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,040,426
CSS custom property--colour: #7AAFEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#855015

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AA6E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#48BCC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8Steel blue · ΔE 17.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.8Sky blue · ΔE 21.1Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAB57A
Analogous#7AE7EA, #7D7AEA
Triadic#EA7AAF, #AFEA7A
Split complementary#EA7D7A, #E7EA7A
Tetradic#EA7AE7, #EAB57A, #7AEA7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#D2E4F8
Lighter +10%#A6C9F1
Darker −10%#4E95E3
Darker −20%#237ADB
Darker −30%#1C62AF
Darker −40%#154983
More saturated +25%#67AEFD
Less saturated −25%#8DB0D7

Channel breakdown

R122
G175
B234
Red122 (47.8%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue211.61°
Saturation (HSL)72.73%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G AF · B EA

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