#7bcbde

Color #7bcbde

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 6.61 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#7bcbde

RGB

rgb(123, 203, 222)

HSL

hsl(191.5, 60%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.5, 44.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(77.4, -19.62, -17.09)

LCH

lch(77.4, 26.02, 221.06)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.0829, 214.63)

HWB

hwb(191.5, 48.2%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de8e7b

Analogous

#7bdebf

#7bcbde

#7b99de

Triadic

#7bcbde

#de7bcb

#cbde7b

Split-complementary

#7bcbde

#de7b99

#debf7b

Tetradic

#7bcbde

#8e7bde

#de8e7b

#cbde7b

Square

#7bcbde

#bf7bde

#de8e7b

#99de7b

Shades

Color #7bcbde mixed toward black.

#4db9d2

#2e9db8

#22768a

#174f5c

#0b272e

Tints

Color #7bcbde mixed toward white.

#91d4e3

#a7dce9

#bde5ee

#d3eef4

#e9f6f9

Tones

Color #7bcbde mixed toward gray.

#83c6d6

#8bc1cd

#94bcc5

#9cb7bd

#a4b1b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a5da · ΔE 23.6

Deuteranopia

#9f99d9 · ΔE 25.4

Tritanopia

#81d6d5 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7bcbde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7bcbde]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#7bcbde (#7bcbde) is rgb(123, 203, 222) in RGB.

No, #7bcbde is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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