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Recognised as Colour

#7FB5ED

  • #7FB5ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7FB5ED is a blue with RGB values 127, 181, 237 and HSL 211°, 75%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7FB5ED#7FB5ED
HEX#7FB5ED
RGBrgb(127, 181, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.7098, 0.9294
RGB percentages49.8%, 71%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(210.5, 75.3%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.5, 46.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK46.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,369,645
CSS custom property--colour: #7FB5ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.73:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#804A12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB7F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#91ACECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#50C2C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.3Sky blue · ΔE 18.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.4Steel blue · ΔE 19.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDB77F
Analogous#7FECED, #807FED
Triadic#ED7FB5, #B5ED7F
Split complementary#ED807F, #ECED7F
Tetradic#ED7FEC, #EDB77F, #7FED80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8E9FA
Lighter +10%#ACCFF3
Darker −10%#529BE7
Darker −20%#2681E0
Darker −30%#1A68B9
Darker −40%#144F8C
More saturated +25%#6DB5FF
Less saturated −25%#91B5DB

Channel breakdown

R127
G181
B237
Red127 (49.8%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue210.55°
Saturation (HSL)75.34%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G B5 · B ED

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