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Recognised as Colour

#7BBBEC

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

#7BBBEC is a blue with RGB values 123, 187, 236 and HSL 206°, 75%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7BBBEC#7BBBEC
HEX#7BBBEC
RGBrgb(123, 187, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.7333, 0.9255
RGB percentages48.2%, 73.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(206, 74.8%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206, 47.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK47.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,109,036
CSS custom property--colour: #7BBBEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45808WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.16:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#844413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6BBEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#97AFEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#46C7CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.7Light steelblue · ΔE 17.4Steel blue · ΔE 21.3Light blue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECAC7B
Analogous#7BECE5, #7B82EC
Triadic#EC7BBB, #BBEC7B
Split complementary#EC7B82, #ECE57B
Tetradic#E57BEC, #ECAC7B, #82EC7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D4E9F9
Lighter +10%#A8D2F2
Darker −10%#4EA4E6
Darker −20%#228DDF
Darker −30%#1A71B4
Darker −40%#145587
More saturated +25%#68BEFF
Less saturated −25%#8EB8D9

Channel breakdown

R123
G187
B236
Red123 (48.2%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue206.02°
Saturation (HSL)74.83%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G BB · B EC

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