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Recognised as Colour

#7FADE7

  • #7FADE7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7FADE7 is a blue with RGB values 127, 173, 231 and HSL 213°, 68%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7FADE7#7FADE7
HEX#7FADE7
RGBrgb(127, 173, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.6784, 0.9059
RGB percentages49.8%, 67.8%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(213.5, 68.4%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.5, 45%, 90.6%)
CMYK45%, 25.1%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,367,591
CSS custom property--colour: #7FADE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.03:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#805218

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B0EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AA5E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#55BAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Steel blue · ΔE 17.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.7Light steelblue · ΔE 20.7Sky blue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7B97F
Analogous#7FE1E7, #857FE7
Triadic#E77FAD, #ADE77F
Split complementary#E7857F, #E1E77F
Tetradic#E77FE1, #E7B97F, #7FE785

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D5E4F7
Lighter +10%#AAC9EF
Darker −10%#5491DF
Darker −20%#2976D7
Darker −30%#205EAD
Darker −40%#184782
More saturated +25%#6CABFA
Less saturated −25%#92AFD4

Channel breakdown

R127
G173
B231
Red127 (49.8%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue213.46°
Saturation (HSL)68.42%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G AD · B E7

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