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Recognised as Colour

#7BB4C6

  • #7BB4C6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7BB4C6 is a cyan with RGB values 123, 180, 198 and HSL 194°, 40%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7BB4C6#7BB4C6
HEX#7BB4C6
RGBrgb(123, 180, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.7059, 0.7765
RGB percentages48.2%, 70.6%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(194.4, 39.7%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 37.9%, 77.6%)
CMYK37.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,107,206
CSS custom property--colour: #7BB4C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.19:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#844B39

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B1C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA8C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5EBABAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Cadetblue · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 14.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15.2Light skyblue · ΔE 16.8Powder blue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C68D7B
Analogous#7BC6B3, #7B8FC6
Triadic#C67BB4, #B4C67B
Split complementary#C67B8F, #C6B27B
Tetradic#B27BC6, #C68D7B, #8FC67B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F1F4
Lighter +20%#C2DCE5
Lighter +10%#9FC8D5
Darker −10%#57A0B7
Darker −20%#428499
Darker −30%#336575
Darker −40%#234752
More saturated +25%#63C0DE
Less saturated −25%#93A8AE

Channel breakdown

R123
G180
B198
Red123 (48.2%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue194.4°
Saturation (HSL)39.68%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G B4 · B C6

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