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Recognised as Colour

#77AEA3

  • #77AEA3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#77AEA3 is a cyan with RGB values 119, 174, 163 and HSL 168°, 25%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#77AEA3#77AEA3
HEX#77AEA3
RGBrgb(119, 174, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6824, 0.6392
RGB percentages46.7%, 68.2%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(168, 25.3%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168, 31.6%, 68.2%)
CMYK31.6%, 0%, 6.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,843,491
CSS custom property--colour: #77AEA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.37:1
Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#88515C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A8A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA0A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#66B0ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.5Light seagreen · ΔE 18.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.1Dark cyan · ΔE 20.1Dark grey · ΔE 20.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE7782
Analogous#77AE87, #779EAE
Triadic#A377AE, #AEA377
Split complementary#AE779E, #AE8877
Tetradic#8777AE, #AE7782, #9EAE77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7FAF9
Lighter +30%#D7E7E4
Lighter +20%#B7D4CE
Lighter +10%#97C1B9
Darker −10%#5A988B
Darker −20%#47786E
Darker −30%#345851
Darker −40%#213833
More saturated +25%#5CC9B3
Less saturated −25%#929393

Channel breakdown

R119
G174
B163
Red119 (46.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue168°
Saturation (HSL)25.35%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 77 · G AE · B A3

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