#77a6e1

Color #77a6e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.31 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#77a6e1

RGB

rgb(119, 166, 225)

HSL

hsl(213.4, 63.9%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.4, 47.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(67, 0.05, -34.67)

LCH

lch(67, 34.67, 270.08)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.1005, 254.54)

HWB

hwb(213.4, 46.7%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1b277

Analogous

#77dbe1

#77a6e1

#7d77e1

Triadic

#77a6e1

#e177a6

#a6e177

Split-complementary

#77a6e1

#e17d77

#dbe177

Tetradic

#77a6e1

#b277e1

#e1b277

#a6e177

Square

#77a6e1

#e177db

#e1b277

#77e17d

Shades

Color #77a6e1 mixed toward black.

#4887d7

#296abc

#1f508d

#15355e

#0a1b2f

Tints

Color #77a6e1 mixed toward white.

#8eb5e6

#a4c4eb

#bbd3f0

#d2e1f5

#e8f0fa

Tones

Color #77a6e1 mixed toward gray.

#80a7d8

#89a8cf

#92a9c7

#9aaabe

#a3abb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ed5 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#8b87d2 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#7acac8 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #77a6e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#77a6e1]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#77a6e1 (#77a6e1) is rgb(119, 166, 225) in RGB.

No, #77a6e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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