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Recognised as Colour

#7AC9FF

  • #7AC9FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7AC9FF is a blue with RGB values 122, 201, 255 and HSL 204°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7AC9FF#7AC9FF
HEX#7AC9FF
RGBrgb(122, 201, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.7882, 1
RGB percentages47.8%, 78.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(204.4, 100%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.4, 52.2%, 100%)
CMYK52.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,047,103
CSS custom property--colour: #7AC9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#853600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FBBFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#27D7DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.9Sky blue · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 20.5Light blue · ΔE 23.3Steel blue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFB07A
Analogous#7AFFF2, #7A87FF
Triadic#FF7AC9, #C9FF7A
Split complementary#FF7A87, #FFF27A
Tetradic#F37AFF, #FFB07A, #87FF7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0F2FF
Lighter +10%#ADDEFF
Darker −10%#47B4FF
Darker −20%#14A0FF
Darker −30%#0085E0
Darker −40%#0067AD
More saturated +25%#7AC9FF
Less saturated −25%#8BC6EE

Channel breakdown

R122
G201
B255
Red122 (47.8%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue204.36°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G C9 · B FF

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