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Colour

#7FACFF

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

#7FACFF is a blue with RGB values 127, 172, 255 and HSL 219°, 100%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7FACFF#7FACFF
HEX#7FACFF
RGBrgb(127, 172, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.6745, 1
RGB percentages49.8%, 67.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(218.9, 100%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.9, 50.2%, 100%)
CMYK50.2%, 32.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,367,359
CSS custom property--colour: #7FACFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#805300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CB2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7DA7FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#43BECAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.9Steel blue · ΔE 25.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.3Light skyblue · ΔE 26.8Light steelblue · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFD27F
Analogous#7FECFF, #927FFF
Triadic#FF7FAC, #ACFF7F
Split complementary#FF927F, #ECFF7F
Tetradic#FF7FEC, #FFD27F, #7FFF92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5EEFF
Lighter +10%#B2CDFF
Darker −10%#4C8BFF
Darker −20%#196AFF
Darker −30%#0051E5
Darker −40%#003FB2
More saturated +25%#7FACFF
Less saturated −25%#8FB1EF

Channel breakdown

R127
G172
B255
Red127 (49.8%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue218.91°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G AC · B FF

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