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Recognised as Colour

#7EBCDA

  • #7EBCDA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7EBCDA is a cyan with RGB values 126, 188, 218 and HSL 200°, 55%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7EBCDA#7EBCDA
HEX#7EBCDA
RGBrgb(126, 188, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.7373, 0.8549
RGB percentages49.4%, 73.7%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(199.6, 55.4%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.6, 42.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK42.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,305,882
CSS custom property--colour: #7EBCDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.09:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#814325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0AFDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#58C5C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.6Light skyblue · ΔE 9.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Light blue · ΔE 14.5Powder blue · ΔE 18.6Cadetblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA9C7E
Analogous#7EDACA, #7E8EDA
Triadic#DA7EBC, #BCDA7E
Split complementary#DA7E8E, #DACA7E
Tetradic#CA7EDA, #DA9C7E, #8EDA7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5FAFC
Lighter +20%#CDE5F1
Lighter +10%#A6D1E5
Darker −10%#56A7CF
Darker −20%#3690BC
Darker −30%#2B7294
Darker −40%#1F536D
More saturated +25%#69C3EF
Less saturated −25%#93B5C5

Channel breakdown

R126
G188
B218
Red126 (49.4%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue199.57°
Saturation (HSL)55.42%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G BC · B DA

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