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Recognised as Colour

#7CB7C7

  • #7CB7C7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7CB7C7 is a cyan with RGB values 124, 183, 199 and HSL 193°, 40%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7CB7C7#7CB7C7
HEX#7CB7C7
RGBrgb(124, 183, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.7176, 0.7804
RGB percentages48.6%, 71.8%, 78%
HSLhsl(192.8, 40.1%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.8, 37.7%, 78%)
CMYK37.7%, 8%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,173,511
CSS custom property--colour: #7CB7C7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.46:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#834838

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB3C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0AAC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5FBDBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 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 text9.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.8Cadetblue · ΔE 12.9Light blue · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6Powder blue · ΔE 16.3Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C78C7C
Analogous#7CC7B1, #7C92C7
Triadic#C77CB7, #B7C77C
Split complementary#C77C92, #C7B27C
Tetradic#B17CC7, #C78C7C, #91C77C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F2F5
Lighter +20%#C3DEE6
Lighter +10%#A0CBD6
Darker −10%#58A3B8
Darker −20%#42889B
Darker −30%#336977
Darker −40%#244953
More saturated +25%#65C4DE
Less saturated −25%#93AAB0

Channel breakdown

R124
G183
B199
Red124 (48.6%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue192.8°
Saturation (HSL)40.11%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G B7 · B C7

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