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Recognised as Colour

#7BA7FD

  • #7BA7FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7BA7FD is a blue with RGB values 123, 167, 253 and HSL 220°, 97%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7BA7FD#7BA7FD
HEX#7BA7FD
RGBrgb(123, 167, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.6549, 0.9922
RGB percentages48.2%, 65.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(219.7, 97%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.7, 51.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK51.4%, 34%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,103,933
CSS custom property--colour: #7BA7FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.79:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#845802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85AEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#76A2FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3BBAC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.7Steel blue · ΔE 25.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 27Light skyblue · ΔE 29.2Medium purple · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDD17B
Analogous#7BE8FD, #907BFD
Triadic#FD7BA7, #A7FD7B
Split complementary#FD907B, #E8FD7B
Tetradic#FD7BE8, #FDD17B, #7BFD90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFEAFF
Lighter +10%#ADC8FE
Darker −10%#4986FC
Darker −20%#1764FB
Darker −30%#034DDC
Darker −40%#033BA9
More saturated +25%#79A6FF
Less saturated −25%#8CACEC

Channel breakdown

R123
G167
B253
Red123 (48.2%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue219.69°
Saturation (HSL)97.01%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G A7 · B FD

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