Recognised as Colour

#7ECEED

#7ECEED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#7ECEED is a cyan with RGB values 126, 206, 237 and HSL 197°, 76%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

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HEX#7ECEED

RGBrgb(126, 206, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.8078, 0.9294

RGB percentages49.4%, 80.8%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(196.8, 75.5%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.8, 46.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK46.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,310,509

CSS custom property--colour: #7ECEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.94:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#813112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDCAEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACBEEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Tritanopia#47D8D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 2.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 8 Light blue · ΔE 13.6 Powder blue · ΔE 16.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 17 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 2.32, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ED9D7E

Analogous#7EEDD5, #7E96ED

Triadic#ED7ECE, #CEED7E

Split complementary#ED7E96, #EDD57E

Tetradic#D57EED, #ED9D7E, #96ED7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D8F0F9

Lighter +10%#ABDFF3

Darker −10%#51BDE7

Darker −20%#24ACE1

Darker −30%#1A8CB8

Darker −40%#136A8C

More saturated +25%#6CD6FF

Less saturated −25%#90C6DB

Channel breakdown

R126

G206

B237

Red126 (49.4%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue196.76°

Saturation (HSL)75.51%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7E · G CE · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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