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Recognised as Colour

#7BB7C6

  • #7BB7C6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7BB7C6 is a cyan with RGB values 123, 183, 198 and HSL 192°, 40%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7BB7C6#7BB7C6
HEX#7BB7C6
RGBrgb(123, 183, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.7176, 0.7765
RGB percentages48.2%, 71.8%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(192, 39.7%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 37.9%, 77.6%)
CMYK37.9%, 7.6%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,107,974
CSS custom property--colour: #7BB7C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.3 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#844839

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB3C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0AAC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5EBDBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 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

Sky blue · ΔE 11.2Cadetblue · ΔE 12.4Light blue · ΔE 13.8Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2Powder blue · ΔE 16.3Light skyblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C68A7B
Analogous#7BC6B0, #7B91C6
Triadic#C67BB7, #B7C67B
Split complementary#C67B91, #C6B07B
Tetradic#B07BC6, #C68A7B, #92C67B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F1F4
Lighter +20%#C2DEE5
Lighter +10%#9FCAD5
Darker −10%#57A4B7
Darker −20%#428899
Darker −30%#336875
Darker −40%#234852
More saturated +25%#63C5DE
Less saturated −25%#93A9AE

Channel breakdown

R123
G183
B198
Red123 (48.2%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)39.68%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G B7 · B C6

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