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Recognised as Colour

#7BCDFB

  • #7BCDFB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7BCDFB is a blue with RGB values 123, 205, 251 and HSL 202°, 94%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7BCDFB#7BCDFB
HEX#7BCDFB
RGBrgb(123, 205, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.8039, 0.9843
RGB percentages48.2%, 80.4%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(201.6, 94.1%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.6, 51%, 98.4%)
CMYK51%, 18.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,113,659
CSS custom property--colour: #7BCDFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.97:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#843204

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7CBFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5BDFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#30D9DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 2.7Sky blue · ΔE 9.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.7Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9Light blue · ΔE 19.5Powder blue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 2.71, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBA97B
Analogous#7BFBE9, #7B8DFB
Triadic#FB7BCD, #CDFB7B
Split complementary#FB7B8D, #FBE97B
Tetradic#E97BFB, #FBA97B, #8DFB7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEF2FE
Lighter +10%#ACE0FD
Darker −10%#4ABAF9
Darker −20%#18A8F8
Darker −30%#078CD6
Darker −40%#056BA5
More saturated +25%#77CEFF
Less saturated −25%#8CC8EA

Channel breakdown

R123
G205
B251
Red123 (48.2%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue201.56°
Saturation (HSL)94.12%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G CD · B FB

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