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Recognised as Colour

#77BFD6

  • #77BFD6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#77BFD6 is a cyan with RGB values 119, 191, 214 and HSL 195°, 54%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#77BFD6#77BFD6
HEX#77BFD6
RGBrgb(119, 191, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.749, 0.8392
RGB percentages46.7%, 74.9%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(194.5, 53.7%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 44.4%, 83.9%)
CMYK44.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,847,894
CSS custom property--colour: #77BFD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.21:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#884029

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1BBD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B0D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4CC7C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.5Light skyblue · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Powder blue · ΔE 16.6Cadetblue · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D68E77
Analogous#77D6BD, #7790D6
Triadic#D677BF, #BFD677
Split complementary#D67790, #D6BD77
Tetradic#BD77D6, #D68E77, #90D677

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDF6F9
Lighter +20%#C5E4EE
Lighter +10%#9ED1E2
Darker −10%#50ADCA
Darker −20%#3693B1
Darker −30%#2A738A
Darker −40%#1E5263
More saturated +25%#61CAEC
Less saturated −25%#8DB4C0

Channel breakdown

R119
G191
B214
Red119 (46.7%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue194.53°
Saturation (HSL)53.67%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G BF · B D6

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