Colour

#7FD9FB

#7FD9FB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#7FD9FB is a cyan with RGB values 127, 217, 251 and HSL 196°, 94%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#7FD9FB#7FD9FB

HEX#7FD9FB

RGBrgb(127, 217, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.851, 0.9843

RGB percentages49.8%, 85.1%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(196.5, 93.9%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.5, 49.4%, 98.4%)

CMYK49.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,378,875

CSS custom property--colour: #7FD9FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.22:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#802604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6D5FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4C7FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Tritanopia#39E3E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 8.5 Light blue · ΔE 15.3 Powder blue · ΔE 17.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 19.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.83, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FBA17F

Analogous#7FFBDF, #7F9BFB

Triadic#FB7FD9, #D9FB7F

Split complementary#FB7F9B, #FBDF7F

Tetradic#DF7FFB, #FBA17F, #9BFB7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E2F6FE

Lighter +10%#B0E8FD

Darker −10%#4ECAF9

Darker −20%#1CBCF8

Darker −30%#07A0DA

Darker −40%#057CA9

More saturated +25%#7BDBFF

Less saturated −25%#90D2EB

Channel breakdown

R127

G217

B251

Red127 (49.8%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue196.45°

Saturation (HSL)93.94%

Lightness74.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7F · G D9 · B FB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#7FD9FB

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else