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Recognised as Colour

#77BDD6

  • #77BDD6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#77BDD6 is a cyan with RGB values 119, 189, 214 and HSL 196°, 54%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#77BDD6#77BDD6
HEX#77BDD6
RGBrgb(119, 189, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.7412, 0.8392
RGB percentages46.7%, 74.1%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(195.8, 53.7%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 44.4%, 83.9%)
CMYK44.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,847,382
CSS custom property--colour: #77BDD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.03:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#884229

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB9D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0AED6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#4CC5C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.5Light skyblue · ΔE 12.2Light blue · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Cadetblue · ΔE 17.4Powder blue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D69077
Analogous#77D6C0, #778ED6
Triadic#D677BD, #BDD677
Split complementary#D6778E, #D6C077
Tetradic#BF77D6, #D69077, #8ED677

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDF6F9
Lighter +20%#C5E3EE
Lighter +10%#9ED0E2
Darker −10%#50AACA
Darker −20%#3691B1
Darker −30%#2A718A
Darker −40%#1E5163
More saturated +25%#61C7EC
Less saturated −25%#8DB3C0

Channel breakdown

R119
G189
B214
Red119 (46.7%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue195.79°
Saturation (HSL)53.67%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G BD · B D6

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