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Recognised as Colour

#7FC4EC

  • #7FC4EC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7FC4EC is a blue with RGB values 127, 196, 236 and HSL 202°, 74%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7FC4EC#7FC4EC
HEX#7FC4EC
RGBrgb(127, 196, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.7686, 0.9255
RGB percentages49.8%, 76.9%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(202, 74.1%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202, 46.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK46.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,373,484
CSS custom property--colour: #7FC4EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.01:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#803B13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C2EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B6EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4DCFD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.1Sky blue · ΔE 7.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3Light blue · ΔE 17Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.5Powder blue · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.12, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECA77F
Analogous#7FECDD, #7F8EEC
Triadic#EC7FC4, #C4EC7F
Split complementary#EC7F8E, #ECDD7F
Tetradic#DD7FEC, #ECA77F, #8EEC7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8EDF9
Lighter +10%#ABD8F3
Darker −10%#53B0E5
Darker −20%#269BDF
Darker −30%#1B7EB7
Darker −40%#155F8A
More saturated +25%#6DC9FE
Less saturated −25%#91BFDA

Channel breakdown

R127
G196
B236
Red127 (49.8%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue202.02°
Saturation (HSL)74.15%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G C4 · B EC

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