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Recognised as Colour

#7FA8FE

  • #7FA8FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7FA8FE is a blue with RGB values 127, 168, 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

#7FA8FE#7FA8FE
HEX#7FA8FE
RGBrgb(127, 168, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.6588, 0.9961
RGB percentages49.8%, 65.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(220.6, 98.4%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.6, 50%, 99.6%)
CMYK50%, 33.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,366,334
CSS custom property--colour: #7FA8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.93:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#805701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87AFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#78A4FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#45BBC7no 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 text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.2Steel blue · ΔE 26Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.5Light skyblue · ΔE 29.3Medium purple · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FED57F
Analogous#7FE8FE, #957FFE
Triadic#FE7FA8, #A8FE7F
Split complementary#FE957F, #E8FE7F
Tetradic#FE7FE8, #FED57F, #7FFE95

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%#4C86FE
Darker −20%#1A63FD
Darker −30%#024AE2
Darker −40%#013AB0
More saturated +25%#7EA8FF
Less saturated −25%#8FAEEE

Channel breakdown

R127
G168
B254
Red127 (49.8%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue220.63°
Saturation (HSL)98.45%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G A8 · B FE

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