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Recognised as Colour

#7BA7AC

  • #7BA7AC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#7BA7AC is a cyan with RGB values 123, 167, 172 and HSL 186°, 23%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#7BA7AC#7BA7AC
HEX#7BA7AC
RGBrgb(123, 167, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.6549, 0.6745
RGB percentages48.2%, 65.5%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(186.1, 22.8%, 57.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.1, 28.5%, 67.5%)
CMYK28.5%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,103,852
CSS custom property--colour: #7BA7AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#845853

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0A3ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#979DACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6AABA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.6Light slate grey · ΔE 15.3Dark grey · ΔE 15.8Slate grey · ΔE 17.4Light blue · ΔE 18.8Light steelblue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC807B
Analogous#7BAC99, #7B8FAC
Triadic#AC7BA7, #A7AC7B
Split complementary#AC7B8F, #AC997B
Tetradic#997BAC, #AC807B, #8FAC7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8FAFB
Lighter +30%#D9E6E7
Lighter +20%#BAD1D3
Lighter +10%#9ABCC0
Darker −10%#5E9096
Darker −20%#4B7276
Darker −30%#375457
Darker −40%#233638
More saturated +25%#60BCC7
Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R123
G167
B172
Red123 (48.2%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue186.12°
Saturation (HSL)22.79%
Lightness57.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G A7 · B AC

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