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Recognised as Colour

#7BB7CF

  • #7BB7CF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7BB7CF is a cyan with RGB values 123, 183, 207 and HSL 197°, 47%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7BB7CF#7BB7CF
HEX#7BB7CF
RGBrgb(123, 183, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.7176, 0.8118
RGB percentages48.2%, 71.8%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(197.1, 46.7%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 40.6%, 81.2%)
CMYK40.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,107,983
CSS custom property--colour: #7BB7CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42583WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.52:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#844830

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB4D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DAACFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#59BEBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Light skyblue · ΔE 13.5Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2Light blue · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 16.2Powder blue · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF937B
Analogous#7BCFBD, #7B8DCF
Triadic#CF7BB7, #B7CF7B
Split complementary#CF7B8D, #CFBD7B
Tetradic#BD7BCF, #CF937B, #8DCF7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF4F8
Lighter +20%#C6E0EA
Lighter +10%#A0CBDD
Darker −10%#56A3C1
Darker −20%#3D89A7
Darker −30%#2F6A82
Darker −40%#224C5C
More saturated +25%#64C1E5
Less saturated −25%#91ADB8

Channel breakdown

R123
G183
B207
Red123 (48.2%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue197.14°
Saturation (HSL)46.67%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G B7 · B CF

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