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Colour

#0077AA

  • #0077AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0077AA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 119, 170 and HSL 198°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0077AA#0077AA
HEX#0077AA
HEX (short)#07A
RGBrgb(0, 119, 170)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.4667, 0.6667
RGB percentages0%, 46.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(198, 100%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 100%, 66.7%)
CMYK100%, 30%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer30,634
CSS custom property--colour: #0077AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.98:1
Contrast with white4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#FF8855

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E77ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#496AA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#008489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 7.7Slate grey · ΔE 25.9Light slate grey · ΔE 26.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 28Cadetblue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA3300
Analogous#00AA88, #0022AA
Triadic#AA0077, #77AA00
Split complementary#AA0022, #AA8800
Tetradic#8800AA, #AA3300, #22AA00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#77D6FF
Lighter +30%#44C7FF
Lighter +20%#11B8FF
Lighter +10%#009BDD
Darker −10%#005377
Darker −20%#003044
Darker −30%#000C11
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0077AA
Less saturated −25%#156F95

Channel breakdown

R0
G119
B170
Red0 (0%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue198°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 77 · B AA

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