#7EDDED

sRGB · 126 / 221 / 237

#7EDDED belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 126 red, 221 green and 237 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 188.6° lands in the cyan region. Its 75.5% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 71.2% 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 (13.45:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 126, 221, 237
HSL: 188.65°, 75.51%, 71.18%
HSV / HSB: 188.65°, 46.84%, 92.94%
CMYK (approx.): 46.84%, 6.75%, 0.00%, 7.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 49.744, 62.261, 89.520
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.052, -24.009, -16.570
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62263
24-bit decimal: 8314349

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 #7EDDED 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 · 13.45:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.56:1

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. 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

#ED8E7E sits half a turn (180°) from #7EDDED 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.

#7EDDED #ED8E7E

Analogous

#7EEDC5 and #7EA6ED sit 30° to either side of #7EDDED. 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.

#7EEDC5 #7EDDED #7EA6ED

Triadic

#7EDDED, #ED7EDD and #DDED7E are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#7EDDED #ED7EDD #DDED7E

Split complementary

Start at #7EDDED and look across the wheel. #ED7EA5 and #EDC67E sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#7EDDED #ED7EA5 #EDC67E

Square

Starting with #7EDDED, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C67EED, #ED8E7E, then #A6ED7E. Across the square, #7EDDED pairs with #ED8E7E, and #C67EED with #A6ED7E.

#7EDDED #C67EED #ED8E7E #A6ED7E

Tetradic

#7EDDED and #ED8E7E are opposites, as are #8E7EED and #DDED7E. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#7EDDED #8E7EED #ED8E7E #DDED7E

Tints

Mixing #7EDDED with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #98E4F1, keeps 80% of the original. By #E5F8FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#7EDDED #98E4F1 #B2EBF4 #CBF1F8 #E5F8FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #7EDDED with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #65B1BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #192C2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#7EDDED #65B1BE #4C858E #32585F #192C2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #7EDDED with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7ECAD7, keeps 80% of the original. By #809396, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#7EDDED #7ECAD7 #7FB8C1 #7FA5AC #809396 #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

#7EDDED

RGB

rgb(126 221 237)

HSL

hsl(188.649 75.510% 71.176%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#7EDDED uses 126 red, 221 green and 237 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 49.4%

Green 86.7%

Blue 92.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #7EDDED is 46.8% cyan, 6.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 46.8%

Magenta 6.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.1%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand · #77DDEE Nearest web-safe · #66CCFF

Gradient to complement

#7EDDED #91D0DB #A3C3C8 #B6B6B6 #C8A8A3 #DB9B91 #ED8E7E

Color vision previews

Compare how #7EDDED 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.

#CED7EE

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.

#BCC9ED

Tritanopia

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

#42E5E2

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.

#B6D7EE

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.

#AED0ED

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#7ADEE9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CFCFCF

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.

#ADD6DF

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 0.20864 G 0.72306 B 0.84687

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 0.58380 G 0.85753 B 0.91972

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.29997 G 0.70598 B 0.82701

CIE xyY

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

x 0.247 y 0.309 Y 62.261

CMY

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

C % 50.588 M % 13.333 Y % 7.059

Binary RGB

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

01111110 11011101 11101101