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Recognised as Colour

#7DAFEC

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

#7DAFEC is a blue with RGB values 125, 175, 236 and HSL 213°, 74%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7DAFEC#7DAFEC
HEX#7DAFEC
RGBrgb(125, 175, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.6863, 0.9255
RGB percentages49%, 68.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(213, 74.5%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213, 47%, 92.5%)
CMYK47%, 25.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,237,036
CSS custom property--colour: #7DAFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#825013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AA7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4DBDC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Steel blue · ΔE 18.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.8Light steelblue · ΔE 22Sky blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECBA7D
Analogous#7DE7EC, #827DEC
Triadic#EC7DAF, #AFEC7D
Split complementary#EC827D, #E7EC7D
Tetradic#EC7DE7, #ECBA7D, #7DEC82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6E6F9
Lighter +10%#A9CAF3
Darker −10%#5194E5
Darker −20%#2478DF
Darker −30%#1B60B5
Darker −40%#144989
More saturated +25%#6AADFF
Less saturated −25%#90B1D9

Channel breakdown

R125
G175
B236
Red125 (49%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue212.97°
Saturation (HSL)74.5%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G AF · B EC

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