#77a4eb

Color #77a4eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.49 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#77a4eb

RGB

rgb(119, 164, 235)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 74.4%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 49.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.4%, 30.2%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(66.88, 4.11, -40.34)

LCH

lch(66.88, 40.55, 275.82)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.1153, 259.26)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 46.7%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebbe77

Analogous

#77deeb

#77a4eb

#8477eb

Triadic

#77a4eb

#eb77a4

#a4eb77

Split-complementary

#77a4eb

#eb8477

#deeb77

Tetradic

#77a4eb

#be77eb

#ebbe77

#a4eb77

Square

#77a4eb

#eb77de

#ebbe77

#77eb84

Shades

Color #77a4eb mixed toward black.

#4382e3

#1e62ce

#174a9a

#0f3167

#081933

Tints

Color #77a4eb mixed toward white.

#8eb3ee

#a4c2f2

#bbd2f5

#d2e1f8

#e8f0fc

Tones

Color #77a4eb mixed toward gray.

#81a6e1

#8aa8d8

#94aace

#9eadc4

#a7afbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ddd · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#8a87d9 · ΔE 12.6

Tritanopia

#7ad0cd · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #77a4eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#77a4eb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#77a4eb (#77a4eb) is rgb(119, 164, 235) in RGB.

No, #77a4eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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