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Recognised as Colour

#7CC9DC

  • #7CC9DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7CC9DC is a cyan with RGB values 124, 201, 220 and HSL 192°, 58%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7CC9DC#7CC9DC
HEX#7CC9DC
RGBrgb(124, 201, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.7882, 0.8627
RGB percentages48.6%, 78.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(191.9, 57.8%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.9, 43.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK43.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,178,140
CSS custom property--colour: #7CC9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.25:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#833623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC4DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB9DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Tritanopia#50D0CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.4Light blue · ΔE 11.9Powder blue · ΔE 13.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.43, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC8F7C
Analogous#7CDCBF, #7C99DC
Triadic#DC7CC9, #C9DC7C
Split complementary#DC7C99, #DCBF7C
Tetradic#BF7CDC, #DC8F7C, #99DC7C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5FBFC
Lighter +20%#CCEAF2
Lighter +10%#A4DAE7
Darker −10%#54B8D1
Darker −20%#33A3BF
Darker −30%#288197
Darker −40%#1E5E6E
More saturated +25%#67D6F1
Less saturated −25%#91BCC7

Channel breakdown

R124
G201
B220
Red124 (48.6%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue191.88°
Saturation (HSL)57.83%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G C9 · B DC

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