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Recognised as Colour

#7DBCED

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

#7DBCED is a blue with RGB values 125, 188, 237 and HSL 206°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7DBCED#7DBCED
HEX#7DBCED
RGBrgb(125, 188, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.7373, 0.9294
RGB percentages49%, 73.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(206.3, 75.7%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.3, 47.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK47.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,240,365
CSS custom property--colour: #7DBCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.29:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#824312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7BCEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#98B0ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#49C8CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.2Sky blue · ΔE 13.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.1Steel blue · ΔE 21.6Light blue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDAE7D
Analogous#7DEDE6, #7D84ED
Triadic#ED7DBC, #BCED7D
Split complementary#ED7D84, #EDE67D
Tetradic#E67DED, #EDAE7D, #84ED7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7EAF9
Lighter +10%#AAD3F3
Darker −10%#50A5E7
Darker −20%#238EE1
Darker −30%#1972B8
Darker −40%#13568B
More saturated +25%#6BBEFF
Less saturated −25%#90BADB

Channel breakdown

R125
G188
B237
Red125 (49%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue206.25°
Saturation (HSL)75.68%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G BC · B ED

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