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Recognised as Colour

#7DAEE6

  • #7DAEE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7DAEE6 is a blue with RGB values 125, 174, 230 and HSL 212°, 68%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7DAEE6#7DAEE6
HEX#7DAEE6
RGBrgb(125, 174, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.6824, 0.902
RGB percentages49%, 68.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(212, 67.7%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212, 45.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK45.7%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,236,774
CSS custom property--colour: #7DAEE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.07:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#825119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B0E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA6E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#52BBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.4Steel blue · ΔE 17.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.9Light steelblue · ΔE 20Sky blue · ΔE 20.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6B57D
Analogous#7DE3E6, #807DE6
Triadic#E67DAE, #AEE67D
Split complementary#E6807D, #E3E67D
Tetradic#E67DE3, #E6B57D, #7DE680

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFEFF
Lighter +20%#D3E3F6
Lighter +10%#A8C9EE
Darker −10%#5293DE
Darker −20%#2979D4
Darker −30%#2160A9
Darker −40%#18487F
More saturated +25%#6AADF9
Less saturated −25%#90AFD3

Channel breakdown

R125
G174
B230
Red125 (49%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue212°
Saturation (HSL)67.74%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G AE · B E6

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