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Recognised as Colour

#77C8B8

  • #77C8B8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#77C8B8 is a cyan with RGB values 119, 200, 184 and HSL 168°, 42%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#77C8B8#77C8B8
HEX#77C8B8
RGBrgb(119, 200, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.7843, 0.7216
RGB percentages46.7%, 78.4%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(168.1, 42.4%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.1, 40.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK40.5%, 0%, 8%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,850,168
CSS custom property--colour: #77C8B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.74:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#883747

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2BFB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4B5B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5ACAC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.7Light seagreen · ΔE 14.6Turquoise · ΔE 17.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.9Cadetblue · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 12.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C87787
Analogous#77C890, #77B0C8
Triadic#B877C8, #C8B877
Split complementary#C877B0, #C89077
Tetradic#9077C8, #C87787, #B0C877

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4F4F1
Lighter +20%#C0E5DE
Lighter +10%#9BD7CB
Darker −10%#53B9A5
Darker −20%#3E9B88
Darker −30%#307668
Darker −40%#215248
More saturated +25%#5FE0C6
Less saturated −25%#8FB0AA

Channel breakdown

R119
G200
B184
Red119 (46.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue168.15°
Saturation (HSL)42.41%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 77 · G C8 · B B8

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