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Recognised as Colour

#77AAEC

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

#77AAEC is a blue with RGB values 119, 170, 236 and HSL 214°, 75%, 70%. 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

#77AAEC#77AAEC
HEX#77AAEC
RGBrgb(119, 170, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6667, 0.9255
RGB percentages46.7%, 66.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(213.8, 75.5%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.8, 49.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK49.6%, 28%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,842,540
CSS custom property--colour: #77AAEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#885513

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90ADEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#82A2EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#40B9C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.3Steel blue · ΔE 17.9Light skyblue · ΔE 19Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.6Light steelblue · ΔE 25.2Sky blue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECB977
Analogous#77E5EC, #7E77EC
Triadic#EC77AA, #AAEC77
Split complementary#EC7F77, #E4EC77
Tetradic#EC77E5, #ECB977, #77EC7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFEFF
Lighter +20%#D0E2F9
Lighter +10%#A4C6F2
Darker −10%#4A8EE6
Darker −20%#1F72DE
Darker −30%#195BB1
Darker −40%#134484
More saturated +25%#64A8FF
Less saturated −25%#8AACD9

Channel breakdown

R119
G170
B236
Red119 (46.7%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue213.85°
Saturation (HSL)75.48%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G AA · B EC

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