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Recognised as Colour

#7BABED

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

#7BABED is a blue with RGB values 123, 171, 237 and HSL 215°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7BABED#7BABED
HEX#7BABED
RGBrgb(123, 171, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.6706, 0.9294
RGB percentages48.2%, 67.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(214.7, 76%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.7, 48.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK48.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,104,941
CSS custom property--colour: #7BABED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.89:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#845412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92AFF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#84A4ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#49BAC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.4Steel blue · ΔE 18.5Light skyblue · ΔE 19Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.2Light steelblue · ΔE 24.8Sky blue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDBD7B
Analogous#7BE4ED, #847BED
Triadic#ED7BAB, #ABED7B
Split complementary#ED847B, #E4ED7B
Tetradic#ED7BE4, #EDBD7B, #7BED84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D5E4F9
Lighter +10%#A8C8F3
Darker −10%#4E8EE7
Darker −20%#2172E1
Darker −30%#195BB6
Darker −40%#134589
More saturated +25%#69A8FF
Less saturated −25%#8EAEDA

Channel breakdown

R123
G171
B237
Red123 (48.2%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue214.74°
Saturation (HSL)76%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G AB · B ED

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