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Recognised as Colour

#7D99EC

  • #7D99EC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7D99EC is a blue with RGB values 125, 153, 236 and HSL 225°, 74%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7D99EC#7D99EC
HEX#7D99EC
RGBrgb(125, 153, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.6, 0.9255
RGB percentages49%, 60%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(224.9, 74.5%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.9, 47%, 92.5%)
CMYK47%, 35.2%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,231,404
CSS custom property--colour: #7D99EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.64:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#826613

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7AA1EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F97EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#51AAB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.3Steel blue · ΔE 23.7Medium purple · ΔE 26.9Royal blue · ΔE 29.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECD07D
Analogous#7DD0EC, #997DEC
Triadic#EC7D99, #99EC7D
Split complementary#EC997D, #D0EC7D
Tetradic#EC7DD0, #ECD07D, #7DEC99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6DFF9
Lighter +10%#A9BCF3
Darker −10%#5176E5
Darker −20%#2453DF
Darker −30%#1B42B5
Darker −40%#143289
More saturated +25%#6A90FF
Less saturated −25%#90A2D9

Channel breakdown

R125
G153
B236
Red125 (49%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue224.86°
Saturation (HSL)74.5%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 99 · B EC

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