#7AFFE8

sRGB: 122 / 255 / 232

Wandering spirits flourish beyond boundaries
Unbridled forces transform the fabric of existence
Infinite wonders carry promises of spring

#7AFFE8 belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 122 red, 255 green and 232 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 169.6° lands in the cyan region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.30:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 122, 255, 232
HSL: 169.62°, 100.00%, 73.92%
HSV / HSB: 169.62°, 52.16%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 52.16%, 0.00%, 9.02%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.348, 81.481, 88.999
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.345, -42.058, -0.184
WCAG relative luminance: 0.81484
24-bit decimal: 8060904

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #7AFFE8 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.30:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.21:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FF7A91 sits half a turn (180°) from #7AFFE8 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#7AFFE8 #FF7A91

Analogous

#7AFFA6 and #7AD3FF sit 30° to either side of #7AFFE8. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#7AFFA6 #7AFFE8 #7AD3FF

Triadic

#7AFFE8, #E87AFF and #FFE87A are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#7AFFE8 #E87AFF #FFE87A

Split complementary

Start at #7AFFE8 and look across the wheel. #FF7AD3 and #FFA67A sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#7AFFE8 #FF7AD3 #FFA67A

Square

Starting with #7AFFE8, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A67AFF, #FF7A91, then #D3FF7A. Across the square, #7AFFE8 pairs with #FF7A91, and #A67AFF with #D3FF7A.

#7AFFE8 #A67AFF #FF7A91 #D3FF7A

Tetradic

#7AFFE8 and #FF7A91 are opposites, as are #7A91FF and #FFE87A. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#7AFFE8 #7A91FF #FF7A91 #FFE87A

Tints

Mixing #7AFFE8 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #95FFED, keeps 80% of the original. By #E4FFFA, the mixture is 80% white.

#7AFFE8 #95FFED #AFFFF1 #CAFFF6 #E4FFFA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #7AFFE8 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #62CCBA, keeps 80% of the original. By #18332E, the mixture is 80% black.

#7AFFE8 #62CCBA #49998B #31665D #18332E #000000

Tones

Mixing #7AFFE8 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7BE6D3, keeps 80% of the original. By #7F9995, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#7AFFE8 #7BE6D3 #7CCCBE #7EB3AA #7F9995 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#7AFFE8

RGB

rgb(122 255 232)

HSL

hsl(169.624 100.000% 73.922%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #7AFFE8;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#7AFFE8 uses 122 red, 255 green and 232 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 47.8%

Green 100.0%

Blue 91.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #7AFFE8 is 52.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 9.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 52.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 9.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #77FFEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #7FE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #7AFFE8 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #66FFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #77FFEE Nearest web-safe: #66FFFF

Gradient to complement

#7AFFE8 #90E9DA #A6D3CB #BDBDBD #D3A6AE #E990A0 #FF7A91

Color vision previews

Compare how #7AFFE8 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F5F2E7

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E0E3EA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#2AFFF8

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D4F5E8

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CAEDE9

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#78FFEE

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#E9E9E9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BCF4E9

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.19462 G 1.00000 B 0.80695

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.61605 G 0.98816 B 0.91155

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.33760 G 0.97327 B 0.81047

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.255 y 0.356 Y 81.481

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 52.157 M % 0.000 Y % 9.020

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01111010 11111111 11101000