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Recognised as Colour

#7EAEEB

  • #7EAEEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7EAEEB is a blue with RGB values 126, 174, 235 and HSL 214°, 73%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7EAEEB#7EAEEB
HEX#7EAEEB
RGBrgb(126, 174, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.6824, 0.9216
RGB percentages49.4%, 68.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(213.6, 73.2%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.6, 46.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK46.4%, 26%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,302,315
CSS custom property--colour: #7EAEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.14:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#815114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96B1EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#89A6EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#50BCC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Steel blue · ΔE 18.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.3Light steelblue · ΔE 22Sky blue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBBB7E
Analogous#7EE4EB, #847EEB
Triadic#EB7EAE, #AEEB7E
Split complementary#EB847E, #E4EB7E
Tetradic#EB7EE4, #EBBB7E, #7EEB84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6E5F9
Lighter +10%#AACAF2
Darker −10%#5292E4
Darker −20%#2677DD
Darker −30%#1C5FB4
Darker −40%#154888
More saturated +25%#6BACFE
Less saturated −25%#91B0D8

Channel breakdown

R126
G174
B235
Red126 (49.4%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue213.58°
Saturation (HSL)73.15%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G AE · B EB

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