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Recognised as Colour

#7EA6EE

  • #7EA6EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7EA6EE is a blue with RGB values 126, 166, 238 and HSL 219°, 77%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7EA6EE#7EA6EE
HEX#7EA6EE
RGBrgb(126, 166, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.651, 0.9333
RGB percentages49.4%, 65.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(218.6, 76.7%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.6, 47.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK47.1%, 30.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,300,270
CSS custom property--colour: #7EA6EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.58:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#815911

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8BABF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7EA1ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#50B5C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.5Steel blue · ΔE 19.9Light skyblue · ΔE 23.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 25Light steelblue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEC67E
Analogous#7EDEEE, #8E7EEE
Triadic#EE7EA6, #A6EE7E
Split complementary#EE8E7E, #DEEE7E
Tetradic#EE7EDE, #EEC67E, #7EEE8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8E4FA
Lighter +10%#ABC5F4
Darker −10%#5187E8
Darker −20%#2468E2
Darker −30%#1952BA
Darker −40%#133E8D
More saturated +25%#6DA1FF
Less saturated −25%#90ABDC

Channel breakdown

R126
G166
B238
Red126 (49.4%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue218.57°
Saturation (HSL)76.71%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G A6 · B EE

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