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Recognised as Colour

#7FA1ED

  • #7FA1ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7FA1ED is a blue with RGB values 127, 161, 237 and HSL 221°, 75%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7FA1ED#7FA1ED
HEX#7FA1ED
RGBrgb(127, 161, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.6314, 0.9294
RGB percentages49.8%, 63.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(221.5, 75.3%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.5, 46.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK46.4%, 32.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,364,525
CSS custom property--colour: #7FA1ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.22:1
Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#805E12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85A7F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#799DEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#54B1BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.9Steel blue · ΔE 21.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.6Light skyblue · ΔE 26.7Light steelblue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDCB7F
Analogous#7FD8ED, #947FED
Triadic#ED7FA1, #A1ED7F
Split complementary#ED947F, #D8ED7F
Tetradic#ED7FD8, #EDCB7F, #7FED94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8E3FA
Lighter +10%#ACC2F3
Darker −10%#5280E7
Darker −20%#265FE0
Darker −30%#1A4BB9
Darker −40%#14398C
More saturated +25%#6D9AFF
Less saturated −25%#91A8DB

Channel breakdown

R127
G161
B237
Red127 (49.8%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue221.45°
Saturation (HSL)75.34%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G A1 · B ED

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