Colour

#7DC7EC

#7DC7EC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#7DC7EC is a blue with RGB values 125, 199, 236 and HSL 200°, 74%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7DC7EC#7DC7EC

HEX#7DC7EC

RGBrgb(125, 199, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.7804, 0.9255

RGB percentages49%, 78%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(200, 74.5%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200, 47%, 92.5%)

CMYK47%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,243,180

CSS custom property--colour: #7DC7EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51263WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.25:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#823813

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5C5EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A5B8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Tritanopia#47D1D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 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 text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.9 Sky blue · ΔE 5 Light blue · ΔE 15.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9 Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.1 Powder blue · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.87, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ECA27D

Analogous#7DECDA, #7D8FEC

Triadic#EC7DC7, #C7EC7D

Split complementary#EC7D90, #ECDA7D

Tetradic#D97DEC, #ECA27D, #8FEC7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D6EDF9

Lighter +10%#A9DAF3

Darker −10%#51B4E5

Darker −20%#24A1DF

Darker −30%#1B82B5

Darker −40%#146289

More saturated +25%#6ACDFF

Less saturated −25%#90C1D9

Channel breakdown

R125

G199

B236

Red125 (49%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue200°

Saturation (HSL)74.5%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7D · G C7 · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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