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Recognised as Colour

#7FA7FE

  • #7FA7FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7FA7FE is a blue with RGB values 127, 167, 254 and HSL 221°, 98%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7FA7FE#7FA7FE
HEX#7FA7FE
RGBrgb(127, 167, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.6549, 0.9961
RGB percentages49.8%, 65.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(221.1, 98.4%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.1, 50%, 99.6%)
CMYK50%, 34.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,366,078
CSS custom property--colour: #7FA7FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#805801

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85AFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#77A3FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#45BAC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.7Steel blue · ΔE 26.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.2Light skyblue · ΔE 30Medium purple · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FED67F
Analogous#7FE7FE, #967FFE
Triadic#FE7FA7, #A7FE7F
Split complementary#FE967F, #E7FE7F
Tetradic#FE7FE7, #FED67F, #7FFE96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4EDFF
Lighter +10%#B2CAFE
Darker −10%#4C84FE
Darker −20%#1A61FD
Darker −30%#0248E2
Darker −40%#0138B0
More saturated +25%#7EA7FF
Less saturated −25%#8FADEE

Channel breakdown

R127
G167
B254
Red127 (49.8%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue221.1°
Saturation (HSL)98.45%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G A7 · B FE

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