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Recognised as Colour

#77C8FA

  • #77C8FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#77C8FA is a blue with RGB values 119, 200, 250 and HSL 203°, 93%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#77C8FA#77C8FA
HEX#77C8FA
RGBrgb(119, 200, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.7843, 0.9804
RGB percentages46.7%, 78.4%, 98%
HSLhsl(202.9, 92.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.9, 52.4%, 98%)
CMYK52.4%, 20%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,850,234
CSS custom property--colour: #77C8FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.43:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#883705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C7FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB9F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#22D5D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.4Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.1Light steelblue · ΔE 19.7Light blue · ΔE 21.7Powder blue · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.41, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAA977
Analogous#77FAEA, #7787FA
Triadic#FA77C8, #C8FA77
Split complementary#FA7787, #FAEA77
Tetradic#EA77FA, #FAA977, #87FA77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9F0FE
Lighter +10%#A8DCFC
Darker −10%#46B4F8
Darker −20%#15A0F6
Darker −30%#0884D0
Darker −40%#06659F
More saturated +25%#72C9FF
Less saturated −25%#89C4E8

Channel breakdown

R119
G200
B250
Red119 (46.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue202.9°
Saturation (HSL)92.91%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G C8 · B FA

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