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Recognised as Colour

#7DBDDB

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

#7DBDDB is a cyan with RGB values 125, 189, 219 and HSL 199°, 57%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7DBDDB#7DBDDB
HEX#7DBDDB
RGBrgb(125, 189, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.7412, 0.8588
RGB percentages49%, 74.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(199.1, 56.6%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 42.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK42.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,240,603
CSS custom property--colour: #7DBDDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4587WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.17:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#824224

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEBADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B0DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#55C6C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.1Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.9Light blue · ΔE 14.5Powder blue · ΔE 18.5Cadetblue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB9B7D
Analogous#7DDBCA, #7D8EDB
Triadic#DB7DBD, #BDDB7D
Split complementary#DB7D8E, #DBCA7D
Tetradic#CA7DDB, #DB9B7D, #8EDB7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5FAFC
Lighter +20%#CDE6F1
Lighter +10%#A5D1E6
Darker −10%#55A9D0
Darker −20%#3492BE
Darker −30%#297396
Darker −40%#1E546E
More saturated +25%#68C5F0
Less saturated −25%#92B5C6

Channel breakdown

R125
G189
B219
Red125 (49%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue199.15°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G BD · B DB

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