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Colour

#7C9FED

  • #7C9FED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7C9FED is a blue with RGB values 124, 159, 237 and HSL 221°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7C9FED#7C9FED
HEX#7C9FED
RGBrgb(124, 159, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.6235, 0.9294
RGB percentages48.6%, 62.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(221.4, 75.8%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 47.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK47.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,167,405
CSS custom property--colour: #7C9FED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#836012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#82A6F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#759BEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4DB0BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.5Steel blue · ΔE 21.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.2Light skyblue · ΔE 28Medium purple · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDCA7C
Analogous#7CD8ED, #917CED
Triadic#ED7C9F, #9FED7C
Split complementary#ED917C, #D8ED7C
Tetradic#ED7CD8, #EDCA7C, #7CED91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6E1F9
Lighter +10%#A9C0F3
Darker −10%#4F7EE7
Darker −20%#225DE1
Darker −30%#194AB7
Darker −40%#13388A
More saturated +25%#6A98FF
Less saturated −25%#8FA6DA

Channel breakdown

R124
G159
B237
Red124 (48.6%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue221.42°
Saturation (HSL)75.84%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 9F · B ED

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