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Recognised as Colour

#7EB3BF

  • #7EB3BF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#7EB3BF is a cyan with RGB values 126, 179, 191 and HSL 191°, 34%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#7EB3BF#7EB3BF
HEX#7EB3BF
RGBrgb(126, 179, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.702, 0.749
RGB percentages49.4%, 70.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(191.1, 33.7%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 34%, 74.9%)
CMYK34%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,303,551
CSS custom property--colour: #7EB3BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40437WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.09:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#814C40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAAFC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA7BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#66B8B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11Sky blue · ΔE 13.5Light blue · ΔE 14.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1Powder blue · ΔE 16.8Light slate grey · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF8A7E
Analogous#7EBFAB, #7E93BF
Triadic#BF7EB3, #B3BF7E
Split complementary#BF7E93, #BFAB7E
Tetradic#AB7EBF, #BF8A7E, #93BF7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4EFF2
Lighter +20%#C2DBE1
Lighter +10%#A0C7D0
Darker −10%#5C9FAE
Darker −20%#478290
Darker −30%#36636E
Darker −40%#25454C
More saturated +25%#66C2D7
Less saturated −25%#96A4A7

Channel breakdown

R126
G179
B191
Red126 (49.4%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue191.08°
Saturation (HSL)33.68%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G B3 · B BF

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