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Recognised as Colour

#7DAFFF

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

#7DAFFF is a blue with RGB values 125, 175, 255 and HSL 217°, 100%, 75%. 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

#7DAFFF#7DAFFF
HEX#7DAFFF
RGBrgb(125, 175, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.6863, 1
RGB percentages49%, 68.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(216.9, 100%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.9, 51%, 100%)
CMYK51%, 31.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,237,055
CSS custom property--colour: #7DAFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.45:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#825000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90B5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#80A8FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#3CC1CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 23Steel blue · ΔE 24.2Light skyblue · ΔE 24.4Light steelblue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFCD7D
Analogous#7DF0FF, #8C7DFF
Triadic#FF7DAF, #AFFF7D
Split complementary#FF8C7D, #F0FF7D
Tetradic#FF7DF0, #FFCD7D, #7DFF8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3EEFF
Lighter +10%#B0CEFF
Darker −10%#4A90FF
Darker −20%#1770FF
Darker −30%#0057E3
Darker −40%#0044B0
More saturated +25%#7DAFFF
Less saturated −25%#8DB3EF

Channel breakdown

R125
G175
B255
Red125 (49%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue216.92°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G AF · B FF

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