Recognised as Colour

#7AC6ED

#7AC6ED
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#7AC6ED is a blue with RGB values 122, 198, 237 and HSL 200°, 76%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7AC6ED#7AC6ED

HEX#7AC6ED

RGBrgb(122, 198, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.7765, 0.9294

RGB percentages47.8%, 77.6%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(200.3, 76.2%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200.3, 48.5%, 92.9%)

CMYK48.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,046,317

CSS custom property--colour: #7AC6ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.13:1

Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#853912

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B3C4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A3B7ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Tritanopia#3FD1D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.5 Sky blue · ΔE 6.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6 Light blue · ΔE 17 Deep skyblue · ΔE 17 Powder blue · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.47, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EDA17A

Analogous#7AEDDA, #7A8CED

Triadic#ED7AC6, #C6ED7A

Split complementary#ED7A8D, #EDDA7A

Tetradic#DA7AED, #EDA17A, #8DED7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D4EDF9

Lighter +10%#A7D9F3

Darker −10%#4DB3E7

Darker −20%#209FE1

Darker −30%#1980B5

Darker −40%#126089

More saturated +25%#68CCFF

Less saturated −25%#8DC0DA

Channel breakdown

R122

G198

B237

Red122 (47.8%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue200.35°

Saturation (HSL)76.16%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7A · G C6 · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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