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Recognised as Colour

#77A7FD

  • #77A7FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#77A7FD is a blue with RGB values 119, 167, 253 and HSL 219°, 97%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#77A7FD#77A7FD
HEX#77A7FD
RGBrgb(119, 167, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6549, 0.9922
RGB percentages46.7%, 65.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(218.5, 97.1%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.5, 53%, 99.2%)
CMYK53%, 34%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,841,789
CSS custom property--colour: #77A7FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38651WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.73:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#885802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85AEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#75A1FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#2DBAC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.3Light skyblue · ΔE 29Medium purple · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDCD77
Analogous#77EAFD, #8A77FD
Triadic#FD77A7, #A7FD77
Split complementary#FD8A77, #EAFD77
Tetradic#FD77EA, #FDCD77, #77FD8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCE8FE
Lighter +10%#A9C8FE
Darker −10%#4586FC
Darker −20%#1266FC
Darker −30%#034FD8
Darker −40%#023DA6
More saturated +25%#75A6FF
Less saturated −25%#88ACEC

Channel breakdown

R119
G167
B253
Red119 (46.7%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue218.51°
Saturation (HSL)97.1%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G A7 · B FD

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