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Recognised as Colour

#7FC5FD

  • #7FC5FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#7FC5FD is a blue with RGB values 127, 197, 253 and HSL 207°, 97%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#7FC5FD#7FC5FD
HEX#7FC5FD
RGBrgb(127, 197, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.7725, 0.9922
RGB percentages49.8%, 77.3%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(206.7, 96.9%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 49.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK49.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,373,757
CSS custom property--colour: #7FC5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.31:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#803A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CB8FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#3ED3D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 15.4Light steelblue · ΔE 20Light blue · ΔE 24.1Steel blue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDB77F
Analogous#7FFDF6, #7F86FD
Triadic#FD7FC5, #C5FD7F
Split complementary#FD7F86, #FDF67F
Tetradic#F67FFD, #FDB77F, #86FD7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3F3FF
Lighter +10%#B1DCFE
Darker −10%#4DAEFC
Darker −20%#1B97FB
Darker −30%#037EE0
Darker −40%#0361AD
More saturated +25%#7DC5FF
Less saturated −25%#8FC3ED

Channel breakdown

R127
G197
B253
Red127 (49.8%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue206.67°
Saturation (HSL)96.92%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G C5 · B FD

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