#77aee4

Color #77aee4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 13.39 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#77aee4

RGB

rgb(119, 174, 228)

HSL

hsl(209.7, 66.9%, 68%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.7, 47.8%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.8%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(69.32, -3.53, -32.71)

LCH

lch(69.32, 32.9, 263.84)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0978, 248.84)

HWB

hwb(209.7, 46.7%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4ad77

Analogous

#77e4e3

#77aee4

#7777e4

Triadic

#77aee4

#e477ae

#aee477

Split-complementary

#77aee4

#e47777

#e4e377

Tetradic

#77aee4

#ad77e4

#e4ad77

#aee477

Square

#77aee4

#e377e4

#e4ad77

#77e477

Shades

Color #77aee4 mixed toward black.

#4791da

#2674c1

#1d5791

#133a60

#0a1d30

Tints

Color #77aee4 mixed toward white.

#8ebbe8

#a4c9ed

#bbd6f1

#d2e4f6

#e8f1fa

Tones

Color #77aee4 mixed toward gray.

#80aedb

#89aed2

#92aec9

#9baec0

#a4adb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9293d9 · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#8f8ad6 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#7bcfcd · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #77aee4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#77aee4]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#77aee4 (#77aee4) is rgb(119, 174, 228) in RGB.

No, #77aee4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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