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Recognised as Colour

#7FBCBA

  • #7FBCBA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#7FBCBA is a cyan with RGB values 127, 188, 186 and HSL 178°, 31%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#7FBCBA#7FBCBA
HEX#7FBCBA
RGBrgb(127, 188, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.7373, 0.7294
RGB percentages49.8%, 73.7%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(178, 31.3%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178, 32.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK32.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,371,386
CSS custom property--colour: #7FBCBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.8:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#804345

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B6BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9AEBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#69BFBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.3Powder blue · ΔE 15.3Light blue · ΔE 16Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.9Sky blue · ΔE 18.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC7F81
Analogous#7FBC9B, #7FA0BC
Triadic#BA7FBC, #BCBA7F
Split complementary#BC7FA0, #BC9B7F
Tetradic#9B7FBC, #BC7F81, #A0BC7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F1F0
Lighter +20%#C2DFDE
Lighter +10%#A0CECC
Darker −10%#5EAAA8
Darker −20%#498C8A
Darker −30%#386A69
Darker −40%#264948
More saturated +25%#67D4D1
Less saturated −25%#97A4A3

Channel breakdown

R127
G188
B186
Red127 (49.8%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue178.03°
Saturation (HSL)31.28%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 7F · G BC · B BA

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