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Recognised as Colour

#77BECD

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

#77BECD is a cyan with RGB values 119, 190, 205 and HSL 190°, 46%, 64%. 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

#77BECD#77BECD
HEX#77BECD
RGBrgb(119, 190, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.7451, 0.8039
RGB percentages46.7%, 74.5%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(190.5, 46.2%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 42%, 80.4%)
CMYK42%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,847,629
CSS custom property--colour: #77BECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.8 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#884132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B9CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4AFCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#51C4C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 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 9.8Light blue · ΔE 13.5Cadetblue · ΔE 13.9Powder blue · ΔE 15.3Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2Light steelblue · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD8677
Analogous#77CDB1, #7793CD
Triadic#CD77BE, #BECD77
Split complementary#CD7793, #CDB177
Tetradic#B177CD, #CD8677, #93CD77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7F3F6
Lighter +20%#C2E2E8
Lighter +10%#9CD0DB
Darker −10%#52ACBF
Darker −20%#3C90A2
Darker −30%#2E6F7D
Darker −40%#204E58
More saturated +25%#60CDE4
Less saturated −25%#8EAFB6

Channel breakdown

R119
G190
B205
Red119 (46.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue190.47°
Saturation (HSL)46.24%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G BE · B CD

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