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Recognised as Colour

#7DBDCB

  • #7DBDCB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7DBDCB is a cyan with RGB values 125, 189, 203 and HSL 191°, 43%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7DBDCB#7DBDCB
HEX#7DBDCB
RGBrgb(125, 189, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.7412, 0.7961
RGB percentages49%, 74.1%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(190.8, 42.9%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.8, 38.4%, 79.6%)
CMYK38.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,240,587
CSS custom property--colour: #7DBDCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45067WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.01:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#824234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B9CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5AFCBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5EC3C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.2Light blue · ΔE 12.6Cadetblue · ΔE 13.6Powder blue · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB8B7D
Analogous#7DCBB2, #7D96CB
Triadic#CB7DBD, #BDCB7D
Split complementary#CB7D96, #CBB27D
Tetradic#B27DCB, #CB8B7D, #96CB7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAF4F7
Lighter +20%#C6E2E8
Lighter +10%#A1CFDA
Darker −10%#59ABBC
Darker −20%#4190A1
Darker −30%#32707D
Darker −40%#234F59
More saturated +25%#66CCE2
Less saturated −25%#94AEB4

Channel breakdown

R125
G189
B203
Red125 (49%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue190.77°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G BD · B CB

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