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Recognised as Colour

#7EC9EB

  • #7EC9EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7EC9EB is a cyan with RGB values 126, 201, 235 and HSL 199°, 73%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7EC9EB#7EC9EB
HEX#7EC9EB
RGBrgb(126, 201, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.7882, 0.9216
RGB percentages49.4%, 78.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(198.7, 73.2%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.7, 46.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK46.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,309,227
CSS custom property--colour: #7EC9EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.44:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#813614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C6EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8BAEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4AD3D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 3.3Light skyblue · ΔE 6.2Light blue · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9Powder blue · ΔE 18.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 3.35, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBA07E
Analogous#7EEBD7, #7E92EB
Triadic#EB7EC9, #C9EB7E
Split complementary#EB7E92, #EBD67E
Tetradic#D77EEB, #EBA07E, #93EB7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6EEF9
Lighter +10%#AADBF2
Darker −10%#52B7E4
Darker −20%#26A4DD
Darker −30%#1C85B4
Darker −40%#156488
More saturated +25%#6BD0FE
Less saturated −25%#91C2D8

Channel breakdown

R126
G201
B235
Red126 (49.4%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue198.72°
Saturation (HSL)73.15%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G C9 · B EB

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