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Recognised as Colour

#7ED9EC

  • #7ED9EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7ED9EC is a cyan with RGB values 126, 217, 236 and HSL 190°, 74%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7ED9EC#7ED9EC
HEX#7ED9EC
RGBrgb(126, 217, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.851, 0.9255
RGB percentages49.4%, 85.1%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(190.4, 74.3%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.4, 46.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK46.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,313,324
CSS custom property--colour: #7ED9EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60117WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.02:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#812613

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD3EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C6ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#45E1DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 13.2Powder blue · ΔE 13.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.2Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC917E
Analogous#7EECC8, #7EA2EC
Triadic#EC7ED9, #D9EC7E
Split complementary#EC7EA2, #ECC87E
Tetradic#C87EEC, #EC917E, #A2EC7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7F3F9
Lighter +10%#AAE6F3
Darker −10%#52CCE5
Darker −20%#25BFDF
Darker −30%#1B9BB6
Darker −40%#14758A
More saturated +25%#6CE5FF
Less saturated −25%#91CDDA

Channel breakdown

R126
G217
B236
Red126 (49.4%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue190.36°
Saturation (HSL)74.32%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G D9 · B EC

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