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#77BABE

Sky Blue · light cool teal

About #77BABE

With the hex code #77BABE, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 47% red, 73% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 37% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Sky Blue and Light Blue — a ΔE of 15.7 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BE7B77, a old rose shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.55:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red119
Green186
Blue190

Closest named colours

Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 15.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 15.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 16.0

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #77BABE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on sky blue #77BABE.
2.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on sky blue #77BABE.
9.55:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #77BABE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#77BABE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B1B4BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A4ABBE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5ABFBB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #77BABE?

With the hex code #77BABE, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 47% red, 73% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 37% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #77BABE?

Use black text. Black on #77BABE has a contrast ratio of 9.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #77BABE?

Its complementary colour is #BE7B77, and analogous partners are #77BE9F and #7797BE.