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Recognised as Colour

#7BC6E4

  • #7BC6E4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7BC6E4 is a cyan with RGB values 123, 198, 228 and HSL 197°, 66%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7BC6E4#7BC6E4
HEX#7BC6E4
RGBrgb(123, 198, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.7765, 0.8941
RGB percentages48.2%, 77.6%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(197.1, 66%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 46.1%, 89.4%)
CMYK46.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,111,844
CSS custom property--colour: #7BC6E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.04:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#84391B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C3E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B7E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Tritanopia#49CFCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 3.2Light skyblue · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9Powder blue · ΔE 17.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 3.2, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4997B
Analogous#7BE4CD, #7B92E4
Triadic#E47BC6, #C6E47B
Split complementary#E47B92, #E4CD7B
Tetradic#CD7BE4, #E4997B, #92E47B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFDFE
Lighter +20%#D0EBF5
Lighter +10%#A5D8ED
Darker −10%#51B4DB
Darker −20%#2AA0CF
Darker −30%#227FA4
Darker −40%#195E7A
More saturated +25%#67CFF8
Less saturated −25%#8FBDD0

Channel breakdown

R123
G198
B228
Red123 (48.2%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue197.14°
Saturation (HSL)66.04%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G C6 · B E4

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