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Recognised as Colour

#7D9EFE

  • #7D9EFE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7D9EFE is a blue with RGB values 125, 158, 254 and HSL 225°, 98%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7D9EFE#7D9EFE
HEX#7D9EFE
RGBrgb(125, 158, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.6196, 0.9961
RGB percentages49%, 62%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(224.7, 98.5%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.7, 50.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK50.8%, 37.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,232,702
CSS custom property--colour: #7D9EFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#826101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#78A8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A9CFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#42B3C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 14.8Medium purple · ΔE 25Royal blue · ΔE 26.1Steel blue · ΔE 30.2Slate blue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEDD7D
Analogous#7DDFFE, #9C7DFE
Triadic#FE7D9E, #9EFE7D
Split complementary#FE9C7D, #DFFE7D
Tetradic#FE7DDF, #FEDD7D, #7DFE9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2EAFF
Lighter +10%#B0C4FE
Darker −10%#4A78FE
Darker −20%#1852FD
Darker −30%#023BE0
Darker −40%#012DAE
More saturated +25%#7C9EFF
Less saturated −25%#8DA6EE

Channel breakdown

R125
G158
B254
Red125 (49%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue224.65°
Saturation (HSL)98.47%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 9E · B FE

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