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Recognised as Colour

#7DAEFE

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

#7DAEFE is a blue with RGB values 125, 174, 254 and HSL 217°, 98%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7DAEFE#7DAEFE
HEX#7DAEFE
RGBrgb(125, 174, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.6824, 0.9961
RGB percentages49%, 68.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(217.2, 98.5%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.2, 50.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK50.8%, 31.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,236,798
CSS custom property--colour: #7DAEFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#825101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FB4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7FA8FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3EC0CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.3Steel blue · ΔE 24.1Light skyblue · ΔE 24.6Light steelblue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FECD7D
Analogous#7DEFFE, #8C7DFE
Triadic#FE7DAE, #AEFE7D
Split complementary#FE8C7D, #EFFE7D
Tetradic#FE7DEF, #FECD7D, #7DFE8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2EDFF
Lighter +10%#B0CEFE
Darker −10%#4A8EFE
Darker −20%#186FFD
Darker −30%#0256E0
Darker −40%#0143AE
More saturated +25%#7CAEFF
Less saturated −25%#8DB2EE

Channel breakdown

R125
G174
B254
Red125 (49%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue217.21°
Saturation (HSL)98.47%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G AE · B FE

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