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Recognised as Colour

#7BABE8

  • #7BABE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7BABE8 is a blue with RGB values 123, 171, 232 and HSL 214°, 70%, 70%. 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

#7BABE8#7BABE8
HEX#7BABE8
RGBrgb(123, 171, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.6706, 0.9098
RGB percentages48.2%, 67.1%, 91%
HSLhsl(213.6, 70.3%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.6, 47%, 91%)
CMYK47%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,104,936
CSS custom property--colour: #7BABE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39163WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.83:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#845417

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93AEEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#86A3E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4CB9C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 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 text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17Steel blue · ΔE 17.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.5Light steelblue · ΔE 22.6Sky blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8B87B
Analogous#7BE2E8, #827BE8
Triadic#E87BAB, #ABE87B
Split complementary#E8827B, #E2E87B
Tetradic#E87BE2, #E8B87B, #7BE882

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFEFF
Lighter +20%#D2E2F7
Lighter +10%#A6C7F0
Darker −10%#508FE0
Darker −20%#2674D7
Darker −30%#1E5DAC
Darker −40%#164581
More saturated +25%#68A9FB
Less saturated −25%#8EADD5

Channel breakdown

R123
G171
B232
Red123 (48.2%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue213.58°
Saturation (HSL)70.32%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G AB · B E8

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