Recognised as Colour
#7AECE0
- #7AECE0
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Turquoise
#7AECE0 is a cyan with RGB values 122, 236, 224 and HSL 174°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.
Colour values
#7AECE0#7AECE0
HEX#7AECE0
RGBrgb(122, 236, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.9255, 0.8784
RGB percentages47.8%, 92.5%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(173.7, 75%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.7, 48.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK48.3%, 0%, 5.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,056,032
CSS custom property--colour: #7AECE0;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.6951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#85131F
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#EC7A86
Analogous#7AECA7, #7ABFEC
Triadic#E07AEC, #ECE07A
Split complementary#EC7ABF, #ECA77A
Tetradic#A77AEC, #EC7A86, #BFEC7A
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R122
G236
B224
Red122 (47.8%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue173.68°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 7A · G EC · B E0
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Harmonies
Similar named colours
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page