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Recognised as Colour

#77AAFA

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

#77AAFA is a blue with RGB values 119, 170, 250 and HSL 217°, 93%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#77AAFA#77AAFA
HEX#77AAFA
RGBrgb(119, 170, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6667, 0.9804
RGB percentages46.7%, 66.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(216.6, 92.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.6, 52.4%, 98%)
CMYK52.4%, 32%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,842,554
CSS custom property--colour: #77AAFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.91:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#885505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AB0FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7AA3F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#30BCC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.4Steel blue · ΔE 23Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.2Light skyblue · ΔE 25.3Light steelblue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAC777
Analogous#77EBFA, #8577FA
Triadic#FA77AA, #AAFA77
Split complementary#FA8577, #EBFA77
Tetradic#FA77EB, #FAC777, #77FA85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9E7FE
Lighter +10%#A8C9FC
Darker −10%#468BF8
Darker −20%#156DF6
Darker −30%#0856D0
Darker −40%#06429F
More saturated +25%#72A9FF
Less saturated −25%#89AEE8

Channel breakdown

R119
G170
B250
Red119 (46.7%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue216.64°
Saturation (HSL)92.91%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G AA · B FA

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