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Recognised as Colour

#7AC0DE

  • #7AC0DE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7AC0DE is a cyan with RGB values 122, 192, 222 and HSL 198°, 60%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7AC0DE#7AC0DE
HEX#7AC0DE
RGBrgb(122, 192, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.7529, 0.8706
RGB percentages47.8%, 75.3%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(198, 60.2%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 45%, 87.1%)
CMYK45%, 13.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,044,766
CSS custom property--colour: #7AC0DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.42:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#853F21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0BDE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B2DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#4DC9C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5Light skyblue · ΔE 9.2Light blue · ΔE 14.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Powder blue · ΔE 18.2Cadetblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE987A
Analogous#7ADECA, #7A8EDE
Triadic#DE7AC0, #C0DE7A
Split complementary#DE7A8E, #DECA7A
Tetradic#CA7ADE, #DE987A, #8EDE7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5FAFC
Lighter +20%#CCE7F2
Lighter +10%#A3D3E8
Darker −10%#51ADD4
Darker −20%#3096C2
Darker −30%#267799
Darker −40%#1C5770
More saturated +25%#65C8F3
Less saturated −25%#8FB8C9

Channel breakdown

R122
G192
B222
Red122 (47.8%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue198°
Saturation (HSL)60.24%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G C0 · B DE

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