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Recognised as Colour

#7EC7DD

  • #7EC7DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7EC7DD is a cyan with RGB values 126, 199, 221 and HSL 194°, 58%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7EC7DD#7EC7DD
HEX#7EC7DD
RGBrgb(126, 199, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.7804, 0.8667
RGB percentages49.4%, 78%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(193.9, 58.3%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.9, 43%, 86.7%)
CMYK43%, 10%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,308,701
CSS custom property--colour: #7EC7DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.1:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#813822

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C3DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB8DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Tritanopia#54CFCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 4.8Light blue · ΔE 11.7Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6Powder blue · ΔE 14.3Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 4.83, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD947E
Analogous#7EDDC3, #7E98DD
Triadic#DD7EC7, #C7DD7E
Split complementary#DD7E98, #DDC37E
Tetradic#C37EDD, #DD947E, #98DD7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FCFD
Lighter +20%#CFEAF2
Lighter +10%#A6D9E8
Darker −10%#56B5D2
Darker −20%#33A1C2
Darker −30%#287F9A
Darker −40%#1E5E71
More saturated +25%#6AD2F1
Less saturated −25%#92BCC9

Channel breakdown

R126
G199
B221
Red126 (49.4%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue193.89°
Saturation (HSL)58.28%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G C7 · B DD

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