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Recognised as Colour

#77BFD8

  • #77BFD8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#77BFD8 is a cyan with RGB values 119, 191, 216 and HSL 195°, 55%, 66%. 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

#77BFD8#77BFD8
HEX#77BFD8
RGBrgb(119, 191, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.749, 0.8471
RGB percentages46.7%, 74.9%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(195.5, 55.4%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.5, 44.9%, 84.7%)
CMYK44.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,847,896
CSS custom property--colour: #77BFD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46141WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.23:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#884027

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0BBD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B0D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4AC7C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 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 text10.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.9Light skyblue · ΔE 12Light blue · ΔE 14Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1Powder blue · ΔE 17.1Cadetblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D89077
Analogous#77D8C1, #778ED8
Triadic#D877BF, #BFD877
Split complementary#D8778E, #D8C077
Tetradic#C177D8, #D89077, #8FD877

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF7FA
Lighter +20%#C6E4EF
Lighter +10%#9FD2E3
Darker −10%#4FACCD
Darker −20%#3494B5
Darker −30%#29738D
Darker −40%#1D5366
More saturated +25%#61CAEE
Less saturated −25%#8DB4C2

Channel breakdown

R119
G191
B216
Red119 (46.7%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue195.46°
Saturation (HSL)55.43%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G BF · B D8

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