HEX Color #7CAFDB (Lightskyblue)

About #7CAFDB

The precise color #7CAFDB is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Lightskyblue. Its digital footprint relies on 124 parts red, 175 parts green, and 219 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 43% cyan and 20% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 207.8° hue, 56.9% saturation, and 67.3% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#7CAFDB

RGB124, 175, 219

HSL207.8°, 56.9%, 67.3%

CMYK43%, 20%, 0%, 14%

HSV207.8°, 43.4%, 85.9%

LAB69.5, -5.4, -27.5

XYZ36.4, 40.1, 72.8

Decimal8171483

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#7CAFDB #DBA77B

Analogous

#7BDBD7 #7B7FDB

Triadic

#DB7BAE #AEDB7B

Tetradic

#D77BDB #DBA77B #7FDB7B

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#7CAFDB

#8AB7DF

#99C0E3

#A7C9E7

#B6D2EB

#C4DBEF

#D3E4F3

#E1EDF7

#F0F6FB

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#7CAFDB

#6E9BC2

#6088AA

#527492

#446179

#374D61

#293A49

#1B2630

#0D1318

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.33:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.01:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.23:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.66:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #7CAFDB; }

.text-color { color: #7CAFDB; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #7CAFDB; }

Similar Colors

Lightskyblue

#87CEFA