Colour

#7AC9D7

#7AC9D7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#7AC9D7 is a cyan with RGB values 122, 201, 215 and HSL 189°, 54%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7AC9D7#7AC9D7

HEX#7AC9D7

RGBrgb(122, 201, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.7882, 0.8431

RGB percentages47.8%, 78.8%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(189, 53.8%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189, 43.3%, 84.3%)

CMYK43.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,047,063

CSS custom property--colour: #7AC9D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.16:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#853628

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCC4D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADB8D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Tritanopia#4FD0CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.3 Light blue · ΔE 12.6 Powder blue · ΔE 13.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 17 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D7887A

Analogous#7AD7B6, #7A9BD7

Triadic#D77AC9, #C9D77A

Split complementary#D77A9B, #D7B67A

Tetradic#B67AD7, #D7887A, #9BD77A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0F9FA

Lighter +20%#C8E9EF

Lighter +10%#A1D9E3

Darker −10%#53B9CB

Darker −20%#36A2B5

Darker −30%#2B7F8D

Darker −40%#1F5B66

More saturated +25%#64D8ED

Less saturated −25%#90BAC1

Channel breakdown

R122

G201

B215

Red122 (47.8%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue189.03°

Saturation (HSL)53.76%

Lightness66.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7A · G C9 · B D7

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Colour values

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