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Recognised as Colour

#7FBDFD

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

#7FBDFD is a blue with RGB values 127, 189, 253 and HSL 210°, 97%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7FBDFD#7FBDFD
HEX#7FBDFD
RGBrgb(127, 189, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.7412, 0.9922
RGB percentages49.8%, 74.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(210.5, 96.9%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.5, 49.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK49.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,371,709
CSS custom property--colour: #7FBDFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.6:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#804202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3BFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#93B3FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#40CCD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.1Light steelblue · ΔE 22.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDBF7F
Analogous#7FFCFD, #807FFD
Triadic#FD7FBD, #BDFD7F
Split complementary#FD807F, #FCFD7F
Tetradic#FD7FFC, #FDBF7F, #7FFD80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3F1FF
Lighter +10%#B1D7FE
Darker −10%#4DA3FC
Darker −20%#1B89FB
Darker −30%#0370E0
Darker −40%#0357AD
More saturated +25%#7DBDFF
Less saturated −25%#8FBDED

Channel breakdown

R127
G189
B253
Red127 (49.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue210.48°
Saturation (HSL)96.92%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G BD · B FD

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