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Recognised as Colour

#77BAFE

  • #77BAFE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#77BAFE is a blue with RGB values 119, 186, 254 and HSL 210°, 99%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#77BAFE#77BAFE
HEX#77BAFE
RGBrgb(119, 186, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.7294, 0.9961
RGB percentages46.7%, 72.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(210.2, 98.5%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.2, 53.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK53.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,846,654
CSS custom property--colour: #77BAFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.24:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#884501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DAFFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#23CAD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.4Light skyblue · ΔE 15.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.1Steel blue · ΔE 22.7Sky blue · ΔE 23.1Light steelblue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 15.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEBB77
Analogous#77FEFE, #7777FE
Triadic#FE77BA, #BAFE77
Split complementary#FE7877, #FEFE77
Tetradic#FE77FE, #FEBB77, #77FE78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCEDFF
Lighter +10%#AAD4FE
Darker −10%#44A0FE
Darker −20%#1287FD
Darker −30%#026DDA
Darker −40%#0154A8
More saturated +25%#76BAFF
Less saturated −25%#88BAED

Channel breakdown

R119
G186
B254
Red119 (46.7%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue210.22°
Saturation (HSL)98.54%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G BA · B FE

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