Colour

#7DC8CD

#7DC8CD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#7DC8CD is a cyan with RGB values 125, 200, 205 and HSL 184°, 44%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

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HEX#7DC8CD

RGBrgb(125, 200, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.7843, 0.8039

RGB percentages49%, 78.4%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(183.8, 44.4%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.8, 39%, 80.4%)

CMYK39%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,243,405

CSS custom property--colour: #7DC8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.02:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#823732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BEC2CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0B7CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5BCDC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 12.9 Light blue · ΔE 13.6 Sky blue · ΔE 13.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CD827D

Analogous#7DCDAA, #7DA0CD

Triadic#CD7DC8, #C8CD7D

Split complementary#CD7DA0, #CDAA7D

Tetradic#AA7DCD, #CD827D, #A0CD7D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBF7F8

Lighter +20%#C7E7E9

Lighter +10%#A2D8DB

Darker −10%#58B8BF

Darker −20%#3F9EA5

Darker −30%#317B80

Darker −40%#23585B

More saturated +25%#66DCE3

Less saturated −25%#93B4B7

Channel breakdown

R125

G200

B205

Red125 (49%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue183.75°

Saturation (HSL)44.44%

Lightness64.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7D · G C8 · B CD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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