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Recognised as Colour

#7CB7E4

  • #7CB7E4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7CB7E4 is a blue with RGB values 124, 183, 228 and HSL 206°, 66%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7CB7E4#7CB7E4
HEX#7CB7E4
RGBrgb(124, 183, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.7176, 0.8941
RGB percentages48.6%, 71.8%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(206, 65.8%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206, 45.6%, 89.4%)
CMYK45.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,173,540
CSS custom property--colour: #7CB7E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#83481B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4B7E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#96ACE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#4FC2C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.5Sky blue · ΔE 12.7Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 20.2Light blue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4A97C
Analogous#7CE4DD, #7C83E4
Triadic#E47CB7, #B7E47C
Split complementary#E47C83, #E4DD7C
Tetradic#DD7CE4, #E4A97C, #83E47C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFDFE
Lighter +20%#D1E5F5
Lighter +10%#A6CEED
Darker −10%#52A0DB
Darker −20%#2B88CF
Darker −30%#226CA5
Darker −40%#19517B
More saturated +25%#68BAF8
Less saturated −25%#90B4D0

Channel breakdown

R124
G183
B228
Red124 (48.6%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue205.96°
Saturation (HSL)65.82%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G B7 · B E4

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