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Recognised as Colour

#7E9EAD

  • #7E9EAD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7E9EAD is a cyan with RGB values 126, 158, 173 and HSL 199°, 22%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7E9EAD#7E9EAD
HEX#7E9EAD
RGBrgb(126, 158, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.6196, 0.6784
RGB percentages49.4%, 62%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(199.1, 22.3%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 27.2%, 67.8%)
CMYK27.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,298,157
CSS custom property--colour: #7E9EAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31906WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#816152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969CAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F97ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#70A2A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9Slate grey · ΔE 11.8Cadetblue · ΔE 13Dark grey · ΔE 14.9Gray · ΔE 16.7Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD8D7E
Analogous#7EADA5, #7E86AD
Triadic#AD7E9E, #9EAD7E
Split complementary#AD7E87, #ADA57E
Tetradic#A57EAD, #AD8D7E, #87AD7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFCFC
Lighter +30%#DCE4E8
Lighter +20%#BCCDD5
Lighter +10%#9DB5C1
Darker −10%#608698
Darker −20%#4D6A78
Darker −30%#394F59
Darker −40%#25333A
More saturated +25%#64A8C7
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R126
G158
B173
Red126 (49.4%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue199.15°
Saturation (HSL)22.27%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 9E · B AD

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