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Recognised as Colour

#7AC5FF

  • #7AC5FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7AC5FF is a blue with RGB values 122, 197, 255 and HSL 206°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7AC5FF#7AC5FF
HEX#7AC5FF
RGBrgb(122, 197, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.7725, 1
RGB percentages47.8%, 77.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(206.2, 100%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.2, 52.2%, 100%)
CMYK52.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,046,079
CSS custom property--colour: #7AC5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#853A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB8FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2AD3D9no 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 text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 13Sky blue · ΔE 16.3Light steelblue · ΔE 21.4Steel blue · ΔE 24.9Light blue · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFB47A
Analogous#7AFFF6, #7A83FF
Triadic#FF7AC5, #C5FF7A
Split complementary#FF7A83, #FFF67A
Tetradic#F77AFF, #FFB47A, #83FF7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0F1FF
Lighter +10%#ADDBFF
Darker −10%#47AFFF
Darker −20%#1499FF
Darker −30%#007EE0
Darker −40%#0062AD
More saturated +25%#7AC5FF
Less saturated −25%#8BC3EE

Channel breakdown

R122
G197
B255
Red122 (47.8%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue206.17°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G C5 · B FF

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