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Recognised as Colour

#77BEFD

  • #77BEFD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#77BEFD is a blue with RGB values 119, 190, 253 and HSL 208°, 97%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#77BEFD#77BEFD
HEX#77BEFD
RGBrgb(119, 190, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.7451, 0.9922
RGB percentages46.7%, 74.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(208.2, 97.1%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.2, 53%, 99.2%)
CMYK53%, 24.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,847,677
CSS custom property--colour: #77BEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.57:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#884102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4BFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#92B2FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#23CDD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.7Sky blue · ΔE 19.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4Steel blue · ΔE 23Light steelblue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDB677
Analogous#77FDF9, #777BFD
Triadic#FD77BE, #BEFD77
Split complementary#FD777B, #FDF977
Tetradic#F977FD, #FDB677, #7BFD77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCEEFE
Lighter +10%#A9D6FE
Darker −10%#45A6FC
Darker −20%#128EFC
Darker −30%#0374D8
Darker −40%#0259A6
More saturated +25%#75BEFF
Less saturated −25%#88BDEC

Channel breakdown

R119
G190
B253
Red119 (46.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue208.21°
Saturation (HSL)97.1%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G BE · B FD

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