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Recognised as Colour

#7FBDBF

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

#7FBDBF is a cyan with RGB values 127, 189, 191 and HSL 182°, 33%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#7FBDBF#7FBDBF
HEX#7FBDBF
RGBrgb(127, 189, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.7412, 0.749
RGB percentages49.8%, 74.1%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(181.9, 33.3%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.9, 33.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK33.5%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,371,647
CSS custom property--colour: #7FBDBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.93:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#804240

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B7BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9AFC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#67C1BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.5Powder blue · ΔE 14.4Light blue · ΔE 14.5Sky blue · ΔE 16Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF817F
Analogous#7FBFA1, #7F9DBF
Triadic#BF7FBD, #BDBF7F
Split complementary#BF7F9D, #BFA17F
Tetradic#A17FBF, #BF817F, #9DBF7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5F2F2
Lighter +20%#C3E0E1
Lighter +10%#A1CFD0
Darker −10%#5DABAE
Darker −20%#488E90
Darker −30%#376C6E
Darker −40%#264B4C
More saturated +25%#67D3D7
Less saturated −25%#97A7A7

Channel breakdown

R127
G189
B191
Red127 (49.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue181.88°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G BD · B BF

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