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Recognised as Colour

#7DBDEC

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

#7DBDEC is a blue with RGB values 125, 189, 236 and HSL 205°, 74%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7DBDEC#7DBDEC
HEX#7DBDEC
RGBrgb(125, 189, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.7412, 0.9255
RGB percentages49%, 74.1%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(205.4, 74.5%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.4, 47%, 92.5%)
CMYK47%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,240,620
CSS custom property--colour: #7DBDEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.36:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#824213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9BDEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB1EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#4AC9CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.4Sky blue · ΔE 12Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Light blue · ΔE 20.9Steel blue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECAC7D
Analogous#7DECE4, #7D85EC
Triadic#EC7DBD, #BDEC7D
Split complementary#EC7D85, #ECE47D
Tetradic#E47DEC, #ECAC7D, #85EC7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6EAF9
Lighter +10%#A9D4F3
Darker −10%#51A6E5
Darker −20%#2490DF
Darker −30%#1B74B5
Darker −40%#145789
More saturated +25%#6AC0FF
Less saturated −25%#90BAD9

Channel breakdown

R125
G189
B236
Red125 (49%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue205.41°
Saturation (HSL)74.5%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G BD · B EC

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