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Recognised as Colour

#7CECFF

  • #7CECFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#7CECFF is a cyan with RGB values 124, 236, 255 and HSL 189°, 100%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#7CECFF#7CECFF
HEX#7CECFF
RGBrgb(124, 236, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.9255, 1
RGB percentages48.6%, 92.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(188.7, 100%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.7, 51.4%, 100%)
CMYK51.4%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,187,135
CSS custom property--colour: #7CECFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#831300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBE5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D5FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#19F5F2no 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 text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.8Sky blue · ΔE 15.1Powder blue · ΔE 17.1Light blue · ΔE 18.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 14.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8F7C
Analogous#7CFFD1, #7CABFF
Triadic#FF7CEC, #ECFF7C
Split complementary#FF7CAA, #FFD17C
Tetradic#D17CFF, #FF8F7C, #ABFF7C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2FBFF
Lighter +10%#AFF3FF
Darker −10%#49E5FF
Darker −20%#16DDFF
Darker −30%#00C1E2
Darker −40%#0096AF
More saturated +25%#7CECFF
Less saturated −25%#8CE0EF

Channel breakdown

R124
G236
B255
Red124 (48.6%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue188.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G EC · B FF

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