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Colour

#77AEA6

  • #77AEA6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#77AEA6 is a cyan with RGB values 119, 174, 166 and HSL 171°, 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

#77AEA6#77AEA6
HEX#77AEA6
RGBrgb(119, 174, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6824, 0.651
RGB percentages46.7%, 68.2%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(171.3, 25.3%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.3, 31.6%, 68.2%)
CMYK31.6%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,843,494
CSS custom property--colour: #77AEA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.39:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#885159

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A8A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA1A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#65B0ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.4Light seagreen · ΔE 18.4Dark cyan · ΔE 19.9Dark grey · ΔE 19.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.7Powder blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE777F
Analogous#77AE8A, #779BAE
Triadic#A677AE, #AEA677
Split complementary#AE779B, #AE8A77
Tetradic#8B77AE, #AE777F, #9BAE77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7FAFA
Lighter +30%#D7E7E5
Lighter +20%#B7D4D0
Lighter +10%#97C1BB
Darker −10%#5A988F
Darker −20%#477871
Darker −30%#345853
Darker −40%#213834
More saturated +25%#5CC9B9
Less saturated −25%#929393

Channel breakdown

R119
G174
B166
Red119 (46.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue171.27°
Saturation (HSL)25.35%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 77 · G AE · B A6

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