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#7eccfe

a light, electric blue · cool · closest name: Light Sky Blue

Token name suggestion: Drift Harbour

RGB
126, 204, 254
HSL
203°, 99%, 75%
CMYK
50, 20, 0, 0
Luminance
0.5478

#7eccfe is a light electric blue, 203° on the wheel and 97/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.96:1). As text it scores 1.76:1 on white — use #027BC8 instead. Nearest name is Light Sky Blue, nearest Tailwind family is sky.

hsl(203 99% 75%)rgb(126 204 254)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #7eccfe is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#7eccfe
Hue
203°
blue
Saturation
99%
electric
Lightness
75%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
75%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5478
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
97/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
11.96:1
Closest name
Light Sky Blue
ΔE2000 1.4
Chroma
33.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.814
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
sky
500 · ΔE 11.9
Web-safe
#66CCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue203° of 360°
Saturation99%
Lightness75%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #7eccfe.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool97% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red8%
Green79%
Blue13%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#7eccfe
HEX (8-digit)#7eccfeff
RGBrgb(126, 204, 254)
RGBArgba(126, 204, 254, 1)
HSLhsl(203, 99%, 75%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203, 50%, 100%)
HWBhwb(203 49% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(50%, 20%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(78.9 -10.7 -31.9)
LCHlch(78.9 33.7 251.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.814 0.105 238.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(48.08, 54.77, 101.79)
Decimal8310014
Display P3color(display-p3 0.494 0.800 0.996)
Web-safe#66CCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #7eccfe;
background-color: #7eccfe;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #7eccfe;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#7eccfe] bg-[#7eccfe]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #7eccfe;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.494, green: 0.800, blue: 0.996)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.494, green: 0.800, blue: 0.996, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#7ECCFE</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF7ECCFE)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF7ECCFE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(254, 204, 126)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(126, 204, 254)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(126, 204, 254)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 126, 204, 254)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4941f, 0.8000f, 0.9961f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{126,204,254}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #7eccfe 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #7eccfe 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#014E7F, #D3E3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #7eccfe h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1F9FE;
  --brand-100: #E3F2FC;
  --brand-200: #C1E4FB;
  --brand-300: #7eccfe;
  --brand-400: #58BDFE;
  --brand-500: #20A7FD;
  --brand-600: #0295F3;
  --brand-700: #027CCA;
  --brand-800: #0163A2;
  --brand-900: #064975;
  --brand-950: #042E49;
  --brand: #7eccfe;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F8FA;
  --brand-border: #C0DBED;
  --brand-hover: #5ABEFE;
  --brand-pressed: #37B0FD;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141E24;
    --brand-ink: #D3E3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1F9FE',
        100: '#E3F2FC',
        200: '#C1E4FB',
        300: '#7eccfe',
        400: '#58BDFE',
        500: '#20A7FD',
        600: '#0295F3',
        700: '#027CCA',
        800: '#0163A2',
        900: '#064975',
        950: '#042E49',
        DEFAULT: '#7eccfe',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1F9FE,
  '100': #E3F2FC,
  '200': #C1E4FB,
  '300': #7eccfe,
  '400': #58BDFE,
  '500': #20A7FD,
  '600': #0295F3,
  '700': #027CCA,
  '800': #0163A2,
  '900': #064975,
  '950': #042E49,
);
$brand-base: #7eccfe;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1F9FE", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E3F2FC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C1E4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#7eccfe", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#58BDFE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#20A7FD", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#0295F3", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#027CCA", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#0163A2", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#064975", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#042E49", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #7eccfe · 11.96:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.76:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.96:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #7eccfe as text scores 1.76:1 on white and 11.96:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #014E7F at 4.99:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#027BC8 · 4.50:1
AA on white−35% L
#027BC8
The quick fox
#015C95 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−45% L
#015C95
The quick fox
#7eccfe · 11.96:1
AA on blackalready passes
#7eccfe
The quick fox
#7eccfe · 11.96:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#7eccfe

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #0296F5 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#7eccfe on white: 1.76:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#7eccfe on black: 11.96:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #7eccfe as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #7eccfe.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.76:1AaAa
Slate 501.68:1AaAa
Slate 1001.60:1AaAa
Slate 2001.42:1AaAa
Slate 3001.18:1AaAa
Slate 4001.46:1AaAa
Slate 5002.71:1AaAa
Slate 6004.31:1AaAa
Slate 7005.90:1AaAa
Slate 8008.33:1AaAa
Slate 90010.16:1AaAa
Black11.96:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B5CBFF
deuteranopia · #A4BDFD
tritanopia · #37D9DD

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #7eccfe is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1F9FE
#E3F2FC
#C1E4FB
#7eccfe
#58BDFE
#20A7FD
#0295F3
#027CCA
#0163A2
#064975
#042E49
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F1F9FEDarkest = 950 · #042E49Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.026 238.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.042 238.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.063 238.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.082 238.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.096 238.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.105 238.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.105 238.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.098 238.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.088 238.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.073 238.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.058 238.1);
}

Colors that work with #7eccfe

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F8FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0DBED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B7C9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC1C00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#014E7F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6F5FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141E24
Dark-mode background
Hover#5ABEFE
One step down in lightness
Pressed#37B0FD
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F5F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#91D4FF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #7eccfe

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #014E7F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #0296F5

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight26/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FEB07E
Analogous left#7EFEF0
Analogous right#7E8CFE
Split-complement 1#FE7E8C
Split-complement 2#FEF07E
Triadic 1#FE7ECC
Triadic 2#CCFE7E
Tetradic#F07EFE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°203°

#7eccfe sits at 203°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red49.4%
Green80.0%
Blue99.6%
R · 0–255
126
0x7e
G · 0–255
204
0xcc
B · 0–255
254
0xfe

CMYK percentages

Cyan50.4%
Magenta19.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 71%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#7eccfe text on a black background

contrast 11.96:1

Card sample

#7eccfe text on a white background

contrast 1.76:1

Card sample

#7eccfe on grey

1.60:1

#7eccfe on its own surface

1.64:1

#7eccfe on its dark surface

9.63:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #7eccfe;
Background color
Panel with #7eccfe background
background-color: #7eccfe;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #7eccfe;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(126, 204, 254, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(126, 204, 254, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #7eccfe;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7eccfe, #857EFE);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7eccfe, #A57EFE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #7eccfe;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #7eccfe;
caret-color: #7eccfe;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #7eccfe;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6F5FF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #7eccfe;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#7eccfe 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #7eccfe over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(126, 204, 254, 0.5)
rgb(126 204 254 / 50%)
#7eccfe80
hsl(203 99% 75% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #7eccfe 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7eccfe1a#F2FAFF
20%#7eccfe33#E5F5FF
40%#7eccfe66#CBEBFF
60%#7eccfe99#B2E0FE
80%#7eccfecc#98D6FE

Gradients from #7eccfe

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #BBE4FE, #7eccfe 45%, #014E7F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #7eccfe, #7660FE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7eccfe, #FEB07E);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D9F0FF 0%, #7eccfe 45%, #014E7F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F8FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B1FEEF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #9C9FFE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #014E7F 0%, transparent 65%), #7eccfe;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #7eccfe

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#7eccfe in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 11.96:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#7eccfe, answered

What color is #7eccfe?

#7eccfe is a light electric blue, closest to Light Sky Blue (ΔE2000 1.4). It sits at 203° on the hue wheel with 99% saturation and 75% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #7eccfe?

rgb(126, 204, 254) — 126 red, 204 green and 254 blue out of 255, or 49.4% / 80% / 99.6% by channel.

What is #7eccfe in HSL and HSV?

hsl(203, 99%, 75%) and hsv(203, 50%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #7eccfe a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5478 and perceived brightness is 75%, so black text on it reaches 11.96:1.

Should I use black or white text on #7eccfe?

Black. It scores 11.96:1 against #7eccfe, versus 1.76:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #7eccfe accessible on a white background?

#7eccfe on white scores 1.76:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #027BC8 to reach 4.5:1, or #015C95 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #7eccfe?

#FEB07E sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FE7E8C and #FEF07E, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #7eccfe?

For interface work: #F4F8FA as the surface, #C0DBED for borders, #4B7C9B for secondary text, #CC1C00 as an accent and #014E7F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #7EFEF0 and #7E8CFE stays calm, while #FEB07E is the loudest partner.

What is #7eccfe in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(50%, 20%, 0%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #7eccfe warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 97 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #7EFBFE; nudged cooler, #63B5FF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #7eccfe?

The sky family — its 500 step is #0ea5e9, ΔE2000 11.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #7eccfe as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #7eccfe in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#7eccfe] or text-[#7eccfe], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #7eccfe with 50% opacity?

rgba(126, 204, 254, 0.5), or #7eccfe80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BFE6FF; over black, #3F667F.

Is #7eccfe a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CCFF, ΔE2000 2.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #7eccfe mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #7eccfe?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BBE4FE, #7eccfe 45%, #014E7F). For more colour, a short hue run to #7660FE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #7eccfe in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #7eccfe at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.