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Recognised as Colour

#77A7AB

  • #77A7AB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#77A7AB is a cyan with RGB values 119, 167, 171 and HSL 185°, 24%, 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

#77A7AB#77A7AB
HEX#77A7AB
RGBrgb(119, 167, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6549, 0.6706
RGB percentages46.7%, 65.5%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(184.6, 23.6%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.6, 30.4%, 67.1%)
CMYK30.4%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,841,707
CSS custom property--colour: #77A7AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.9:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#885854

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0A3ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#979CABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#65ABA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.3Light slate grey · ΔE 16.3Dark grey · ΔE 17Slate grey · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 19.4Sky blue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB7B77
Analogous#77AB95, #778DAB
Triadic#AB77A7, #A7AB77
Split complementary#AB778D, #AB9577
Tetradic#9577AB, #AB7B77, #8DAB77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F9F9
Lighter +30%#D6E4E5
Lighter +20%#B6D0D2
Lighter +10%#97BBBE
Darker −10%#5B8F94
Darker −20%#487174
Darker −30%#345255
Darker −40%#213435
More saturated +25%#5CBEC6
Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R119
G167
B171
Red119 (46.7%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue184.62°
Saturation (HSL)23.64%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G A7 · B AB

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