#77b4bc

Color #77b4bc

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.19 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#77b4bc

RGB

rgb(119, 180, 188)

HSL

hsl(187, 34%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187, 36.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.7%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(69.61, -17.56, -10.31)

LCH

lch(69.61, 20.36, 210.42)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0638, 206.32)

HWB

hwb(187, 46.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc7f77

Analogous

#77bca2

#77b4bc

#7791bc

Triadic

#77b4bc

#bc77b4

#b4bc77

Split-complementary

#77b4bc

#bc7791

#bca277

Tetradic

#77b4bc

#7f77bc

#bc7f77

#b4bc77

Square

#77b4bc

#a277bc

#bc7f77

#91bc77

Shades

Color #77b4bc mixed toward black.

#55a1ab

#448189

#336167

#224145

#112022

Tints

Color #77b4bc mixed toward white.

#8ec0c7

#a4cdd2

#bbd9de

#d2e6e9

#e8f2f4

Tones

Color #77b4bc mixed toward gray.

#7db0b6

#83abb1

#88a7ab

#8ea2a5

#949e9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596ba · ΔE 23.5

Deuteranopia

#928dba · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#7bb9b8 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #77b4bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#77b4bc]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#77b4bc (#77b4bc) is rgb(119, 180, 188) in RGB.

No, #77b4bc 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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