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Recognised as Colour

#7EBBEB

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

#7EBBEB is a blue with RGB values 126, 187, 235 and HSL 206°, 73%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7EBBEB#7EBBEB
HEX#7EBBEB
RGBrgb(126, 187, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.7333, 0.9216
RGB percentages49.4%, 73.3%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(206.4, 73.2%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.4, 46.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK46.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,305,643
CSS custom property--colour: #7EBBEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.19:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#814414

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7BBEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#98B0EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4EC7CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.4Sky blue · ΔE 13Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Steel blue · ΔE 21.4Light blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBAE7E
Analogous#7EEBE4, #7E84EB
Triadic#EB7EBB, #BBEB7E
Split complementary#EB7E84, #EBE47E
Tetradic#E47EEB, #EBAE7E, #84EB7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6EAF9
Lighter +10%#AAD2F2
Darker −10%#52A4E4
Darker −20%#268CDD
Darker −30%#1C71B4
Darker −40%#155588
More saturated +25%#6BBDFE
Less saturated −25%#91B9D8

Channel breakdown

R126
G187
B235
Red126 (49.4%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue206.42°
Saturation (HSL)73.15%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G BB · B EB

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