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Recognised as Colour

#77B7D0

  • #77B7D0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#77B7D0 is a cyan with RGB values 119, 183, 208 and HSL 197°, 49%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#77B7D0#77B7D0
HEX#77B7D0
RGBrgb(119, 183, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.7176, 0.8157
RGB percentages46.7%, 71.8%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(196.9, 48.6%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.9, 42.8%, 81.6%)
CMYK42.8%, 12%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,845,840
CSS custom property--colour: #77B7D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.47:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#88482F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B4D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CAAD0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#51BFBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.5Light skyblue · ΔE 13.2Light blue · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Cadetblue · ΔE 16.3Powder blue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D09077
Analogous#77D0BC, #778BD0
Triadic#D077B7, #B7D077
Split complementary#D0778B, #D0BD77
Tetradic#BC77D0, #D09077, #8AD077

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F3F7
Lighter +20%#C3DFEA
Lighter +10%#9DCBDD
Darker −10%#51A3C3
Darker −20%#3A88A7
Darker −30%#2D6A81
Darker −40%#204B5B
More saturated +25%#60C1E7
Less saturated −25%#8EADB9

Channel breakdown

R119
G183
B208
Red119 (46.7%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue196.85°
Saturation (HSL)48.63%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G B7 · B D0

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