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Recognised as Colour

#7BACED

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

#7BACED is a blue with RGB values 123, 172, 237 and HSL 214°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7BACED#7BACED
HEX#7BACED
RGBrgb(123, 172, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.6745, 0.9294
RGB percentages48.2%, 67.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(214.2, 76%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.2, 48.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK48.1%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,105,197
CSS custom property--colour: #7BACED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.97:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#845312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93AFF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#85A4ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#48BAC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.1Light skyblue · ΔE 18.2Steel blue · ΔE 18.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.7Light steelblue · ΔE 24.3Sky blue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDBC7B
Analogous#7BE5ED, #837BED
Triadic#ED7BAC, #ACED7B
Split complementary#ED837B, #E5ED7B
Tetradic#ED7BE5, #EDBC7B, #7BED83

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%#4E90E7
Darker −20%#2174E1
Darker −30%#195CB6
Darker −40%#134689
More saturated +25%#69A9FF
Less saturated −25%#8EAFDA

Channel breakdown

R123
G172
B237
Red123 (48.2%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue214.21°
Saturation (HSL)76%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G AC · B ED

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