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Recognised as Colour

#7CBDDA

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

#7CBDDA is a cyan with RGB values 124, 189, 218 and HSL 199°, 56%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7CBDDA#7CBDDA
HEX#7CBDDA
RGBrgb(124, 189, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.7412, 0.8549
RGB percentages48.6%, 74.1%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(198.5, 56%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 43.1%, 85.5%)
CMYK43.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,175,066
CSS custom property--colour: #7CBDDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.15:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#834225

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEBADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B0DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#54C5C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.1Light skyblue · ΔE 10.1Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2Light blue · ΔE 14.3Powder blue · ΔE 18.2Cadetblue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.07, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA997C
Analogous#7CDAC8, #7C8EDA
Triadic#DA7CBD, #BDDA7C
Split complementary#DA7C8E, #DAC87C
Tetradic#C87CDA, #DA997C, #8EDA7C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F9FC
Lighter +20%#CCE5F0
Lighter +10%#A4D1E5
Darker −10%#54A9CF
Darker −20%#3592BB
Darker −30%#2A7393
Darker −40%#1E546C
More saturated +25%#67C5EF
Less saturated −25%#91B5C5

Channel breakdown

R124
G189
B218
Red124 (48.6%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue198.51°
Saturation (HSL)55.95%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G BD · B DA

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