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Recognised as Colour

#7BCAEC

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

#7BCAEC is a cyan with RGB values 123, 202, 236 and HSL 198°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7BCAEC#7BCAEC
HEX#7BCAEC
RGBrgb(123, 202, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.7922, 0.9255
RGB percentages48.2%, 79.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(198.1, 74.8%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.1, 47.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK47.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,112,876
CSS custom property--colour: #7BCAEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52508WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.5:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#843513

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C7EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8BAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#41D4D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 3.5Light skyblue · ΔE 6.5Light blue · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8Powder blue · ΔE 18.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 3.5, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9D7B
Analogous#7BECD6, #7B91EC
Triadic#EC7BCA, #CAEC7B
Split complementary#EC7B91, #ECD67B
Tetradic#D67BEC, #EC9D7B, #91EC7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D4EEF9
Lighter +10%#A8DCF2
Darker −10%#4EB8E6
Darker −20%#22A6DF
Darker −30%#1A86B4
Darker −40%#146587
More saturated +25%#68D2FF
Less saturated −25%#8EC2D9

Channel breakdown

R123
G202
B236
Red123 (48.2%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue198.05°
Saturation (HSL)74.83%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G CA · B EC

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