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Recognised as Colour

#7BB4DE

  • #7BB4DE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7BB4DE is a blue with RGB values 123, 180, 222 and HSL 205°, 60%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7BB4DE#7BB4DE
HEX#7BB4DE
RGBrgb(123, 180, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.7059, 0.8706
RGB percentages48.2%, 70.6%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(205.5, 60%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.5, 44.6%, 87.1%)
CMYK44.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,107,230
CSS custom property--colour: #7BB4DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.43:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#844B21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B4E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A9DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#51BEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.5Sky blue · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 15.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.7Steel blue · ΔE 19.5Light blue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEA57B
Analogous#7BDED7, #7B82DE
Triadic#DE7BB4, #B4DE7B
Split complementary#DE7B82, #DED77B
Tetradic#D77BDE, #DEA57B, #82DE7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5FAFD
Lighter +20%#CDE2F2
Lighter +10%#A4CBE8
Darker −10%#529DD4
Darker −20%#3185C2
Darker −30%#26699A
Darker −40%#1C4D71
More saturated +25%#66B7F3
Less saturated −25%#90B1C9

Channel breakdown

R123
G180
B222
Red123 (48.2%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue205.45°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G B4 · B DE

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