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Recognised as Colour

#77BADB

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

#77BADB is a cyan with RGB values 119, 186, 219 and HSL 200°, 58%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#77BADB#77BADB
HEX#77BADB
RGBrgb(119, 186, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.7294, 0.8588
RGB percentages46.7%, 72.9%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(199.8, 58.1%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.8, 45.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK45.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,846,619
CSS custom property--colour: #77BADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44154WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.83:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#884524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB8DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BADDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#49C3C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.5Light skyblue · ΔE 9.3Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Light blue · ΔE 16.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 20Powder blue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB9877
Analogous#77DBCA, #7788DB
Triadic#DB77BA, #BADB77
Split complementary#DB7788, #DBCA77
Tetradic#CA77DB, #DB9877, #88DB77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F7FB
Lighter +20%#C8E3F0
Lighter +10%#9FCEE6
Darker −10%#4FA6D0
Darker −20%#318DBB
Darker −30%#276F92
Darker −40%#1C506A
More saturated +25%#61C1F1
Less saturated −25%#8CB3C5

Channel breakdown

R119
G186
B219
Red119 (46.7%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue199.8°
Saturation (HSL)58.14%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G BA · B DB

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