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Recognised as Colour

#7FCCDD

  • #7FCCDD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#7FCCDD is a cyan with RGB values 127, 204, 221 and HSL 191°, 58%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7FCCDD#7FCCDD
HEX#7FCCDD
RGBrgb(127, 204, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.8, 0.8667
RGB percentages49.8%, 80%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(190.9, 58%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.9, 42.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK42.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,375,517
CSS custom property--colour: #7FCCDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.58:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#803322

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC7DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0BBDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Tritanopia#55D3D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.2Light blue · ΔE 11.3Powder blue · ΔE 12.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.5Light steelblue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.2, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD907F
Analogous#7FDDBF, #7F9DDD
Triadic#DD7FCC, #CCDD7F
Split complementary#DD7F9D, #DDBF7F
Tetradic#BF7FDD, #DD907F, #9DDD7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FCFD
Lighter +20%#D0ECF2
Lighter +10%#A7DCE8
Darker −10%#57BCD2
Darker −20%#34A9C2
Darker −30%#29869A
Darker −40%#1E6372
More saturated +25%#6BD9F1
Less saturated −25%#93BFC9

Channel breakdown

R127
G204
B221
Red127 (49.8%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue190.85°
Saturation (HSL)58.02%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G CC · B DD

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