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Recognised as Colour

#77A6AE

  • #77A6AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#77A6AE is a cyan with RGB values 119, 166, 174 and HSL 189°, 25%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#77A6AE#77A6AE
HEX#77A6AE
RGBrgb(119, 166, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.651, 0.6824
RGB percentages46.7%, 65.1%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(188.7, 25.3%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.7, 31.6%, 68.2%)
CMYK31.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,841,454
CSS custom property--colour: #77A6AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#885951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EA2AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#959BAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#64AAA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.4Light slate grey · ΔE 14.8Slate grey · ΔE 16.9Dark grey · ΔE 17Sky blue · ΔE 18.6Light blue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.43, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE7F77
Analogous#77AE9B, #778AAE
Triadic#AE77A6, #A6AE77
Split complementary#AE778B, #AE9B77
Tetradic#9B77AE, #AE7F77, #8AAE77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7FAFA
Lighter +30%#D7E5E7
Lighter +20%#B7D0D4
Lighter +10%#97BBC1
Darker −10%#5A8F98
Darker −20%#477178
Darker −30%#345358
Darker −40%#213438
More saturated +25%#5CB9C9
Less saturated −25%#929393

Channel breakdown

R119
G166
B174
Red119 (46.7%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue188.73°
Saturation (HSL)25.35%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G A6 · B AE

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