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Recognised as Colour

#7AC5FE

  • #7AC5FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7AC5FE is a blue with RGB values 122, 197, 254 and HSL 206°, 99%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7AC5FE#7AC5FE
HEX#7AC5FE
RGBrgb(122, 197, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.7725, 0.9961
RGB percentages47.8%, 77.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(205.9, 98.5%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.9, 52%, 99.6%)
CMYK52%, 22.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,046,078
CSS custom property--colour: #7AC5FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.25:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#853A01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BB8FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Tritanopia#2BD3D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 13Sky blue · ΔE 15.7Light steelblue · ΔE 21.1Steel blue · ΔE 24.8Light blue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEB37A
Analogous#7AFEF5, #7A83FE
Triadic#FE7AC5, #C5FE7A
Split complementary#FE7A83, #FEF57A
Tetradic#F57AFE, #FEB37A, #83FE7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFF1FF
Lighter +10%#ADDBFE
Darker −10%#47AFFE
Darker −20%#1599FD
Darker −30%#027EDD
Darker −40%#0162AB
More saturated +25%#79C5FF
Less saturated −25%#8BC3ED

Channel breakdown

R122
G197
B254
Red122 (47.8%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue205.91°
Saturation (HSL)98.51%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G C5 · B FE

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