#77b3e1

Color #77b3e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 9.87 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#77b3e1

RGB

rgb(119, 179, 225)

HSL

hsl(206, 63.9%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206, 47.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(70.59, -7.13, -29.11)

LCH

lch(70.59, 29.97, 256.24)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.0913, 242.48)

HWB

hwb(206, 46.7%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1a577

Analogous

#77e1da

#77b3e1

#777ee1

Triadic

#77b3e1

#e177b3

#b3e177

Split-complementary

#77b3e1

#e1777e

#e1da77

Tetradic

#77b3e1

#a577e1

#e1a577

#b3e177

Square

#77b3e1

#da77e1

#e1a577

#7ee177

Shades

Color #77b3e1 mixed toward black.

#4899d7

#297dbc

#1f5d8d

#153e5e

#0a1f2f

Tints

Color #77b3e1 mixed toward white.

#8ec0e6

#a4cceb

#bbd9f0

#d2e6f5

#e8f2fa

Tones

Color #77b3e1 mixed toward gray.

#80b2d8

#89b1cf

#92b0c7

#9aaebe

#a3adb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595d7 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#918dd5 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#7bcfcd · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #77b3e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#77b3e1]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Charcoal #36454f

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#77b3e1 (#77b3e1) is rgb(119, 179, 225) in RGB.

No, #77b3e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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