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Recognised as Colour

#7FCFDD

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

#7FCFDD is a cyan with RGB values 127, 207, 221 and HSL 189°, 58%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7FCFDD#7FCFDD
HEX#7FCFDD
RGBrgb(127, 207, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.8118, 0.8667
RGB percentages49.8%, 81.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(188.9, 58%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.9, 42.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK42.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,376,285
CSS custom property--colour: #7FCFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.87:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#803022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C9DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3BEDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#54D6D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9Light blue · ΔE 11.7Powder blue · ΔE 12.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.1Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD8D7F
Analogous#7FDDBC, #7FA0DD
Triadic#DD7FCF, #CFDD7F
Split complementary#DD7FA0, #DDBC7F
Tetradic#BC7FDD, #DD8D7F, #A0DD7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FCFD
Lighter +20%#D0EDF2
Lighter +10%#A7DEE8
Darker −10%#57C0D2
Darker −20%#34ADC2
Darker −30%#29899A
Darker −40%#1E6572
More saturated +25%#6BDDF1
Less saturated −25%#93C1C9

Channel breakdown

R127
G207
B221
Red127 (49.8%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue188.94°
Saturation (HSL)58.02%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G CF · B DD

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