#77aec7

Color #77aec7

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.79 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#77aec7

RGB

rgb(119, 174, 199)

HSL

hsl(198.8, 41.7%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.8, 40.2%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(68.25, -11.56, -18.41)

LCH

lch(68.25, 21.74, 237.87)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0681, 228.16)

HWB

hwb(198.8, 46.7%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c79077

Analogous

#77c7b8

#77aec7

#7786c7

Triadic

#77aec7

#c777ae

#aec777

Split-complementary

#77aec7

#c77786

#c7b877

Tetradic

#77aec7

#9077c7

#c79077

#aec777

Square

#77aec7

#b877c7

#c79077

#86c777

Shades

Color #77aec7 mixed toward black.

#5298b8

#3e7b96

#2e5c71

#1f3d4b

#0f1f26

Tints

Color #77aec7 mixed toward white.

#8ebcd0

#a4c9da

#bbd7e3

#d2e4ec

#e8f2f6

Tones

Color #77aec7 mixed toward gray.

#7eacc0

#84a9ba

#8ba7b3

#92a4ac

#98a2a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9293c1 · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#8f8ac0 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#7bbdbc · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #77aec7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#77aec7]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#77aec7 (#77aec7) is rgb(119, 174, 199) in RGB.

No, #77aec7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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