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Recognised as Colour

#77AFA8

  • #77AFA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#77AFA8 is a cyan with RGB values 119, 175, 168 and HSL 173°, 26%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#77AFA8#77AFA8
HEX#77AFA8
RGBrgb(119, 175, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6863, 0.6588
RGB percentages46.7%, 68.6%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(172.5, 25.9%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 32%, 68.6%)
CMYK32%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,843,752
CSS custom property--colour: #77AFA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.48:1
Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#885057

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A9A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA1A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#64B1ADno 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 text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.2Light seagreen · ΔE 18.2Dark cyan · ΔE 20Dark grey · ΔE 20Powder blue · ΔE 20.2Light blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.24, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF777E
Analogous#77AF8C, #779AAF
Triadic#A877AF, #AFA877
Split complementary#AF779A, #AF8C77
Tetradic#8C77AF, #AF777E, #9AAF77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7FBFA
Lighter +30%#D7E8E6
Lighter +20%#B7D5D1
Lighter +10%#97C2BD
Darker −10%#5A9991
Darker −20%#477973
Darker −30%#345954
Darker −40%#213936
More saturated +25%#5CCABC
Less saturated −25%#929494

Channel breakdown

R119
G175
B168
Red119 (46.7%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue172.5°
Saturation (HSL)25.93%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 77 · G AF · B A8

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