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Recognised as Colour

#7EC2E9

  • #7EC2E9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7EC2E9 is a blue with RGB values 126, 194, 233 and HSL 202°, 71%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7EC2E9#7EC2E9
HEX#7EC2E9
RGBrgb(126, 194, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.7608, 0.9137
RGB percentages49.4%, 76.1%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(201.9, 70.9%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.9, 45.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK45.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,307,433
CSS custom property--colour: #7EC2E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.78:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#813D16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C0EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B5E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#4DCCCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5Sky blue · ΔE 7.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Light blue · ΔE 16.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.9Powder blue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9A57E
Analogous#7EE9DA, #7E8DE9
Triadic#E97EC2, #C2E97E
Split complementary#E97E8D, #E9DA7E
Tetradic#DA7EE9, #E9A57E, #8DE97E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D5EBF8
Lighter +10%#AAD7F0
Darker −10%#52ADE2
Darker −20%#2799DA
Darker −30%#1E7BB0
Darker −40%#175C84
More saturated +25%#6BC7FC
Less saturated −25%#91BDD6

Channel breakdown

R126
G194
B233
Red126 (49.4%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue201.87°
Saturation (HSL)70.86%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G C2 · B E9

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