Colour

#7BA2E9

#7BA2E9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7BA2E9 is a blue with RGB values 123, 162, 233 and HSL 219°, 71%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#7BA2E9

RGBrgb(123, 162, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.6353, 0.9137

RGB percentages48.2%, 63.5%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(218.7, 71.4%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.7, 47.2%, 91.4%)

CMYK47.2%, 30.5%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,102,633

CSS custom property--colour: #7BA2E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1

Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#845D16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#87A7ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B9DE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#4EB1BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.1 Steel blue · ΔE 18.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 24 Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.2 Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E9C27B

Analogous#7BD9E9, #8B7BE9

Triadic#E97BA2, #A2E97B

Split complementary#E98B7B, #D9E97B

Tetradic#E97BD9, #E9C27B, #7BE98B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFF

Lighter +20%#D2E0F8

Lighter +10%#A7C1F0

Darker −10%#4F83E2

Darker −20%#2465DA

Darker −30%#1D50AE

Darker −40%#163C82

More saturated +25%#689CFC

Less saturated −25%#8EA8D6

Channel breakdown

R123

G162

B233

Red123 (48.2%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue218.73°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7B · G A2 · B E9

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