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Recognised as Colour

#7BCDE2

  • #7BCDE2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7BCDE2 is a cyan with RGB values 123, 205, 226 and HSL 192°, 64%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7BCDE2#7BCDE2
HEX#7BCDE2
RGBrgb(123, 205, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.8039, 0.8863
RGB percentages48.2%, 80.4%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(192.2, 64%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 45.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK45.6%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,113,634
CSS custom property--colour: #7BCDE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53365WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#84321D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC8E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBCE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#49D5D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.8Light blue · ΔE 12.4Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Powder blue · ΔE 14.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.8Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2907B
Analogous#7BE2C4, #7B99E2
Triadic#E27BCD, #CDE27B
Split complementary#E27B99, #E2C47B
Tetradic#C47BE2, #E2907B, #99E27B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FDFE
Lighter +20%#CFEDF4
Lighter +10%#A5DDEB
Darker −10%#51BDD9
Darker −20%#2CAACB
Darker −30%#2387A1
Darker −40%#1A6477
More saturated +25%#67D9F6
Less saturated −25%#8FC1CE

Channel breakdown

R123
G205
B226
Red123 (48.2%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue192.23°
Saturation (HSL)63.98%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G CD · B E2

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