#77a5ed

Color #77a5ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.23 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#77a5ed

RGB

rgb(119, 165, 237)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 76.6%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 49.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.8%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(67.24, 4.14, -40.88)

LCH

lch(67.24, 41.09, 275.78)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.1169, 259.1)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 46.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edbf77

Analogous

#77e0ed

#77a5ed

#8477ed

Triadic

#77a5ed

#ed77a5

#a5ed77

Split-complementary

#77a5ed

#ed8477

#e0ed77

Tetradic

#77a5ed

#bf77ed

#edbf77

#a5ed77

Square

#77a5ed

#ed77e0

#edbf77

#77ed84

Shades

Color #77a5ed mixed toward black.

#4382e6

#1c63d2

#154a9d

#0e3169

#071934

Tints

Color #77a5ed mixed toward white.

#8eb4f0

#a4c3f3

#bbd2f6

#d2e1f9

#e8f0fc

Tones

Color #77a5ed mixed toward gray.

#81a7e3

#8ba9d9

#94accf

#9eaec6

#a8b0bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ede · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#8b87db · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#7ad2cf · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #77a5ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#77a5ed]

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

#77a5ed (#77a5ed) is rgb(119, 165, 237) in RGB.

No, #77a5ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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