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Recognised as Colour

#7CB6E5

  • #7CB6E5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7CB6E5 is a blue with RGB values 124, 182, 229 and HSL 207°, 67%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7CB6E5#7CB6E5
HEX#7CB6E5
RGBrgb(124, 182, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.7137, 0.898
RGB percentages48.6%, 71.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(206.9, 66.9%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.9, 45.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK45.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,173,285
CSS custom property--colour: #7CB6E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.68:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#83491A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B6E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#94ABE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Tritanopia#4EC1C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.1Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Light steelblue · ΔE 16.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.3Steel blue · ΔE 19.7Light blue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5AB7C
Analogous#7CE5E0, #7C81E5
Triadic#E57CB6, #B6E57C
Split complementary#E57C81, #E5E07C
Tetradic#E07CE5, #E5AB7C, #81E57C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFDFE
Lighter +20%#D1E5F6
Lighter +10%#A7CEED
Darker −10%#519EDD
Darker −20%#2A86D1
Darker −30%#216BA7
Darker −40%#19507C
More saturated +25%#68B8F9
Less saturated −25%#90B4D1

Channel breakdown

R124
G182
B229
Red124 (48.6%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue206.86°
Saturation (HSL)66.88%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G B6 · B E5

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