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Recognised as Colour

#7BABE6

  • #7BABE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7BABE6 is a blue with RGB values 123, 171, 230 and HSL 213°, 68%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7BABE6#7BABE6
HEX#7BABE6
RGBrgb(123, 171, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.6706, 0.902
RGB percentages48.2%, 67.1%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(213.1, 68.2%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.1, 46.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK46.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,104,934
CSS custom property--colour: #7BABE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.81:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#845419

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94AEE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#87A3E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#4EB8BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Steel blue · ΔE 16.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.4Light steelblue · ΔE 21.7Sky blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6B67B
Analogous#7BE0E6, #817BE6
Triadic#E67BAB, #ABE67B
Split complementary#E6807B, #E1E67B
Tetradic#E67BE0, #E6B67B, #7BE681

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFDFE
Lighter +20%#D1E2F6
Lighter +10%#A6C6EE
Darker −10%#5090DE
Darker −20%#2875D3
Darker −30%#205DA8
Darker −40%#18457D
More saturated +25%#67A9FA
Less saturated −25%#8FADD2

Channel breakdown

R123
G171
B230
Red123 (48.2%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue213.08°
Saturation (HSL)68.15%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G AB · B E6

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