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Recognised as Colour

#7BAEB9

  • #7BAEB9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#7BAEB9 is a cyan with RGB values 123, 174, 185 and HSL 191°, 31%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#7BAEB9#7BAEB9
HEX#7BAEB9
RGBrgb(123, 174, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.6824, 0.7255
RGB percentages48.2%, 68.2%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(190.6, 30.7%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.6, 33.5%, 72.5%)
CMYK33.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,105,657
CSS custom property--colour: #7BAEB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#845146

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5AABAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BA2B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#65B3B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.6Sky blue · ΔE 15.2Light blue · ΔE 16.1Light slate grey · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17Dark grey · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9867B
Analogous#7BB9A5, #7B8FB9
Triadic#B97BAE, #AEB97B
Split complementary#B97B8F, #B9A57B
Tetradic#A57BB9, #B9867B, #8FB97B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFEBEE
Lighter +20%#BED7DC
Lighter +10%#9CC2CB
Darker −10%#5A9AA7
Darker −20%#477B87
Darker −30%#365D65
Darker −40%#243E44
More saturated +25%#62BED2
Less saturated −25%#949EA0

Channel breakdown

R123
G174
B185
Red123 (48.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue190.65°
Saturation (HSL)30.69%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G AE · B B9

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