#7BC5E6#7BC5E6

#7BC5E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.087 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7BC5E6
RGB	rgb(123, 197, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -14.38, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 27.60, 238.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0582 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.087 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4124, 49.8534, 82.2353)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7BC5E6 #E69C7B

analogous

#7BE6D2 #7BC5E6 #7B90E6

triadic

#7BC5E6 #E67BC5 #C5E67B

tetradic

#7BC5E6 #D27BE6 #E69C7B #90E67B

square

#7BC5E6 #D27BE6 #E69C7B #90E67B

split-complementary

#7BC5E6 #E67B90 #E6D27B

monochromatic

#2591C2 #48AEDC #7BC5E6 #AEDCF0 #E2F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#7BC5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#7BC5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #7BC5E6

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7BC5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7BC5E6	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7bc5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(123, 197, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.087 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7d6ee',
    500: '#7bc5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7bc5e6;
$custom-light: #a7d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7bc5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 123,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.505,
    "s": 68.153,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78709,
    "c": 0.08737,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7BC5E6

secondary

#EED8CF

accent

#4F15D0

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #7BC5E6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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