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Recognised as Colour

#7BD6EB

  • #7BD6EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7BD6EB is a cyan with RGB values 123, 214, 235 and HSL 191°, 74%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7BD6EB#7BD6EB
HEX#7BD6EB
RGBrgb(123, 214, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.8392, 0.9216
RGB percentages48.2%, 83.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(191.3, 73.7%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.3, 47.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK47.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,115,947
CSS custom property--colour: #7BD6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.66:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#842914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D0ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5C3EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3EDEDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.5Light blue · ΔE 13.4Powder blue · ΔE 14.2Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB907B
Analogous#7BEBC8, #7B9EEB
Triadic#EB7BD6, #D6EB7B
Split complementary#EB7B9E, #EBC87B
Tetradic#C87BEB, #EB907B, #9EEB7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D4F2F8
Lighter +10%#A7E4F2
Darker −10%#4FC8E4
Darker −20%#22BADE
Darker −30%#1B96B2
Darker −40%#147086
More saturated +25%#68E2FE
Less saturated −25%#8ECAD8

Channel breakdown

R123
G214
B235
Red123 (48.2%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue191.25°
Saturation (HSL)73.68%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G D6 · B EB

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