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Recognised as Colour

#7CDCF2

  • #7CDCF2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7CDCF2 is a cyan with RGB values 124, 220, 242 and HSL 191°, 82%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7CDCF2#7CDCF2
HEX#7CDCF2
RGBrgb(124, 220, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.8627, 0.949
RGB percentages48.6%, 86.3%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(191.2, 81.9%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.2, 48.8%, 94.9%)
CMYK48.8%, 9.1%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,183,026
CSS custom property--colour: #7CDCF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.38:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#83230D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD6F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C8F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#38E5E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 14.3Powder blue · ΔE 14.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2927C
Analogous#7CF2CD, #7CA1F2
Triadic#F27CDC, #DCF27C
Split complementary#F27CA1, #F2CD7C
Tetradic#CD7CF2, #F2927C, #A1F27C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9F5FB
Lighter +10%#AAE8F7
Darker −10%#4ED0ED
Darker −20%#1FC3E9
Darker −30%#13A1C2
Darker −40%#0F7B93
More saturated +25%#6FE4FF
Less saturated −25%#8ED1E0

Channel breakdown

R124
G220
B242
Red124 (48.6%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue191.19°
Saturation (HSL)81.94%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G DC · B F2

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