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Recognised as Colour

#7BAADE

  • #7BAADE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7BAADE is a blue with RGB values 123, 170, 222 and HSL 212°, 60%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7BAADE#7BAADE
HEX#7BAADE
RGBrgb(123, 170, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.6667, 0.8706
RGB percentages48.2%, 66.7%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(211.5, 60%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.5, 44.6%, 87.1%)
CMYK44.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,104,670
CSS custom property--colour: #7BAADE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.65:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#845521

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96ACE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AA2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#53B6BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7Steel blue · ΔE 15.9Light steelblue · ΔE 19Sky blue · ΔE 19.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEAF7B
Analogous#7BDCDE, #7E7BDE
Triadic#DE7BAA, #AADE7B
Split complementary#DE7E7B, #DCDE7B
Tetradic#DE7BDC, #DEAF7B, #7BDE7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F9FD
Lighter +20%#CDDFF2
Lighter +10%#A4C4E8
Darker −10%#5290D4
Darker −20%#3176C2
Darker −30%#265D9A
Darker −40%#1C4471
More saturated +25%#66A9F3
Less saturated −25%#90ABC9

Channel breakdown

R123
G170
B222
Red123 (48.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue211.52°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G AA · B DE

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