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Recognised as Colour

#7FB7FE

  • #7FB7FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7FB7FE is a blue with RGB values 127, 183, 254 and HSL 214°, 98%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7FB7FE#7FB7FE
HEX#7FB7FE
RGBrgb(127, 183, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.7176, 0.9961
RGB percentages49.8%, 71.8%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(213.5, 98.4%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.5, 50%, 99.6%)
CMYK50%, 28%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,370,174
CSS custom property--colour: #7FB7FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.11:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#804801

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BBBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BAEFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#41C7D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.5Light skyblue · ΔE 18.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 23Sky blue · ΔE 25.7Light steelblue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEC67F
Analogous#7FF7FE, #867FFE
Triadic#FE7FB7, #B7FE7F
Split complementary#FE867F, #F7FE7F
Tetradic#FE7FF7, #FEC67F, #7FFE86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F0FF
Lighter +10%#B2D3FE
Darker −10%#4C9BFE
Darker −20%#1A7EFD
Darker −30%#0265E2
Darker −40%#014EB0
More saturated +25%#7EB7FF
Less saturated −25%#8FB9EE

Channel breakdown

R127
G183
B254
Red127 (49.8%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue213.54°
Saturation (HSL)98.45%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G B7 · B FE

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