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Recognised as Colour

#7DB5FD

  • #7DB5FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7DB5FD is a blue with RGB values 125, 181, 253 and HSL 214°, 97%, 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

#7DB5FD#7DB5FD
HEX#7DB5FD
RGBrgb(125, 181, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.7098, 0.9922
RGB percentages49%, 71%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(213.8, 97%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.8, 50.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK50.6%, 28.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,238,589
CSS custom property--colour: #7DB5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.9:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#824A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#89ACFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#3DC5CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.9Light skyblue · ΔE 18.9Steel blue · ΔE 22.7Sky blue · ΔE 26.5Light steelblue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDC57D
Analogous#7DF5FD, #857DFD
Triadic#FD7DB5, #B5FD7D
Split complementary#FD857D, #F5FD7D
Tetradic#FD7DF5, #FDC57D, #7DFD85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1EEFF
Lighter +10%#AFD2FE
Darker −10%#4B98FC
Darker −20%#197CFB
Darker −30%#0363DE
Darker −40%#034CAB
More saturated +25%#7BB5FF
Less saturated −25%#8EB7ED

Channel breakdown

R125
G181
B253
Red125 (49%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue213.75°
Saturation (HSL)96.97%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G B5 · B FD

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