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Recognised as Colour

#7CB2ED

  • #7CB2ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7CB2ED is a blue with RGB values 124, 178, 237 and HSL 211°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7CB2ED#7CB2ED
HEX#7CB2ED
RGBrgb(124, 178, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.698, 0.9294
RGB percentages48.6%, 69.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(211.3, 75.8%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.3, 47.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK47.7%, 24.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,172,269
CSS custom property--colour: #7CB2ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.45:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#834D12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BB4F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#49BFC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.4Sky blue · ΔE 20.5Light steelblue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDB77C
Analogous#7CEAED, #7F7CED
Triadic#ED7CB2, #B2ED7C
Split complementary#ED7E7C, #EAED7C
Tetradic#ED7CEA, #EDB77C, #7CED7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6E7F9
Lighter +10%#A9CCF3
Darker −10%#4F98E7
Darker −20%#227DE1
Darker −30%#1965B7
Darker −40%#134C8A
More saturated +25%#6AB1FF
Less saturated −25%#8FB3DA

Channel breakdown

R124
G178
B237
Red124 (48.6%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue211.33°
Saturation (HSL)75.84%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G B2 · B ED

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