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Recognised as Colour

#7AB6CA

  • #7AB6CA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7AB6CA is a cyan with RGB values 122, 182, 202 and HSL 195°, 43%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7AB6CA#7AB6CA
HEX#7AB6CA
RGBrgb(122, 182, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.7137, 0.7922
RGB percentages47.8%, 71.4%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(195, 43%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 39.6%, 79.2%)
CMYK39.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,042,186
CSS custom property--colour: #7AB6CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.37:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#854935

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB3CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA9CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5ABDBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.8Cadetblue · ΔE 14.1Light blue · ΔE 14.3Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Powder blue · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA8E7A
Analogous#7ACAB6, #7A8ECA
Triadic#CA7AB6, #B6CA7A
Split complementary#CA7A8E, #CAB67A
Tetradic#B67ACA, #CA8E7A, #8ECA7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F2F6
Lighter +20%#C3DEE7
Lighter +10%#9ECAD9
Darker −10%#56A2BB
Darker −20%#3F879F
Darker −30%#31687A
Darker −40%#224956
More saturated +25%#63C2E1
Less saturated −25%#91AAB3

Channel breakdown

R122
G182
B202
Red122 (47.8%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)43.01%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G B6 · B CA

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