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Recognised as Colour

#7CA5FC

  • #7CA5FC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7CA5FC is a blue with RGB values 124, 165, 252 and HSL 221°, 96%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7CA5FC#7CA5FC
HEX#7CA5FC
RGBrgb(124, 165, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.6471, 0.9882
RGB percentages48.6%, 64.7%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(220.8, 95.5%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.8, 50.8%, 98.8%)
CMYK50.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,168,956
CSS custom property--colour: #7CA5FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.64:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#835A03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83ADFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#74A1FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#3FB8C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.1Steel blue · ΔE 26Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.2Medium purple · ΔE 30.2Light skyblue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCD37C
Analogous#7CE5FC, #937CFC
Triadic#FC7CA5, #A5FC7C
Split complementary#FC937C, #E5FC7C
Tetradic#FC7CE5, #FCD37C, #7CFC93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0EAFE
Lighter +10%#AEC7FD
Darker −10%#4A83FB
Darker −20%#1860FA
Darker −30%#0549DA
Darker −40%#0438A8
More saturated +25%#79A4FF
Less saturated −25%#8DABEB

Channel breakdown

R124
G165
B252
Red124 (48.6%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue220.78°
Saturation (HSL)95.52%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G A5 · B FC

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