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Recognised as Colour

#7DADDA

  • #7DADDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7DADDA is a blue with RGB values 125, 173, 218 and HSL 209°, 56%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7DADDA#7DADDA
HEX#7DADDA
RGBrgb(125, 173, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.6784, 0.8549
RGB percentages49%, 67.8%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(209, 55.7%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209, 42.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK42.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,236,506
CSS custom property--colour: #7DADDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#825225

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BAEDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA4D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#59B7BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16Sky blue · ΔE 16Steel blue · ΔE 17.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.2Light slate grey · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAAA7D
Analogous#7DDAD8, #7D7FDA
Triadic#DA7DAD, #ADDA7D
Split complementary#DA7D7F, #DAD87D
Tetradic#D87DDA, #DAAA7D, #7FDA7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F8FC
Lighter +20%#CCDFF1
Lighter +10%#A5C6E5
Darker −10%#5594CF
Darker −20%#357BBC
Darker −30%#2A6194
Darker −40%#1F476C
More saturated +25%#68AEEF
Less saturated −25%#92ACC5

Channel breakdown

R125
G173
B218
Red125 (49%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue209.03°
Saturation (HSL)55.69%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G AD · B DA

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