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Recognised as Colour

#7CA1ED

  • #7CA1ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7CA1ED is a blue with RGB values 124, 161, 237 and HSL 220°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7CA1ED#7CA1ED
HEX#7CA1ED
RGBrgb(124, 161, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.6314, 0.9294
RGB percentages48.6%, 63.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(220.4, 75.8%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.4, 47.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK47.7%, 32.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,167,917
CSS custom property--colour: #7CA1ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.18:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#835E12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#84A7F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#789DEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4DB1BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.7Steel blue · ΔE 20.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 26Light skyblue · ΔE 26.5Light steelblue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC87C
Analogous#7CD9ED, #907CED
Triadic#ED7CA1, #A1ED7C
Split complementary#ED907C, #D9ED7C
Tetradic#ED7CD9, #EDC87C, #7CED90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6E1F9
Lighter +10%#A9C1F3
Darker −10%#4F81E7
Darker −20%#2261E1
Darker −30%#194DB7
Darker −40%#133A8A
More saturated +25%#6A9BFF
Less saturated −25%#8FA7DA

Channel breakdown

R124
G161
B237
Red124 (48.6%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue220.35°
Saturation (HSL)75.84%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G A1 · B ED

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