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Recognised as Colour

#7CB9FD

  • #7CB9FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7CB9FD is a blue with RGB values 124, 185, 253 and HSL 212°, 97%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7CB9FD#7CB9FD
HEX#7CB9FD
RGBrgb(124, 185, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.7255, 0.9922
RGB percentages48.6%, 72.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(211.6, 97%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.6, 51%, 99.2%)
CMYK51%, 26.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,174,077
CSS custom property--colour: #7CB9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.21:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#834602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DAFFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#38C8D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.5Steel blue · ΔE 22.6Sky blue · ΔE 23.5Light steelblue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDC07C
Analogous#7CFAFD, #7F7CFD
Triadic#FD7CB9, #B9FD7C
Split complementary#FD7F7C, #FAFD7C
Tetradic#FD7CFA, #FDC07C, #7CFD7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0EFFF
Lighter +10%#AED4FE
Darker −10%#4A9EFC
Darker −20%#1883FB
Darker −30%#036ADD
Darker −40%#0352AA
More saturated +25%#7AB9FF
Less saturated −25%#8DBAEC

Channel breakdown

R124
G185
B253
Red124 (48.6%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue211.63°
Saturation (HSL)96.99%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G B9 · B FD

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