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Recognised as Colour

#7DB5FA

  • #7DB5FA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7DB5FA is a blue with RGB values 125, 181, 250 and HSL 213°, 93%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7DB5FA#7DB5FA
HEX#7DB5FA
RGBrgb(125, 181, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.7098, 0.9804
RGB percentages49%, 71%, 98%
HSLhsl(213.1, 92.6%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.1, 50%, 98%)
CMYK50%, 27.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,238,586
CSS custom property--colour: #7DB5FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4431WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.86:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#824A05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB8FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AACF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#40C4CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.2Steel blue · ΔE 21.8Sky blue · ΔE 24.9Light steelblue · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAC27D
Analogous#7DF3FA, #847DFA
Triadic#FA7DB5, #B5FA7D
Split complementary#FA837D, #F3FA7D
Tetradic#FA7DF3, #FAC27D, #7DFA83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFEDFE
Lighter +10%#AED1FC
Darker −10%#4C99F8
Darker −20%#1B7DF6
Darker −30%#0864D6
Darker −40%#064DA5
More saturated +25%#78B4FF
Less saturated −25%#8EB7E9

Channel breakdown

R125
G181
B250
Red125 (49%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue213.12°
Saturation (HSL)92.59%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G B5 · B FA

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