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Recognised as Colour

#7DC7EB

  • #7DC7EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7DC7EB is a cyan with RGB values 125, 199, 235 and HSL 200°, 73%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7DC7EB#7DC7EB
HEX#7DC7EB
RGBrgb(125, 199, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.7804, 0.9216
RGB percentages49%, 78%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(199.6, 73.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.6, 46.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK46.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,243,179
CSS custom property--colour: #7DC7EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51205WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.24:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#823814

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C4EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B8EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#48D1D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.6Light skyblue · ΔE 5.3Light blue · ΔE 15.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.5Powder blue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.59, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBA17D
Analogous#7DEBD8, #7D90EB
Triadic#EB7DC7, #C7EB7D
Split complementary#EB7D90, #EBD87D
Tetradic#D87DEB, #EBA17D, #90EB7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D5EDF9
Lighter +10%#A9DAF2
Darker −10%#51B4E4
Darker −20%#25A1DD
Darker −30%#1C82B3
Darker −40%#156287
More saturated +25%#6ACDFE
Less saturated −25%#90C1D8

Channel breakdown

R125
G199
B235
Red125 (49%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue199.64°
Saturation (HSL)73.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G C7 · B EB

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