What color is #77AAFF?

#77AAFF is a light, vivid azure known as Fennel Flower. It belongs to the blue family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Fennel Flower?

The RGB value is 119, 170, 255: 119 red, 170 green and 255 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Fennel Flower?

The complementary color is #FFCC77, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #77AAFF?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.98:1 and white text 2.34:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Fennel Flower color: hex code #77AAFF

#77AAFF rgb(119, 170, 255)

Shades of blue

Fennel Flower has the hex code #77AAFF. It is a light, vivid azure.

In the RGB color model it is made of 46.7% red, 66.7% green and 100% blue (119, 170, 255).

Its hue angle is 218°, with 100% saturation and 73% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 53% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.98:1).

Fennel Flower (#77AAFF) color codes

HEX	`#77AAFF`
RGB	`rgb(119, 170, 255)`
RGB percent	`rgb(46.7%, 66.7%, 100%)`
HSL	`hsl(218, 100%, 73%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(218, 53%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(53%, 33%, 0%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(69.39, 6.72, -47.3)`
CIE LCH	`lch(69.39, 47.77, 278.08)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(40.026, 39.888, 100.178)`
Decimal	`7842559`
Short hex	`#7AF`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Fennel Flower, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #77AAFF	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.98:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.34:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#77AAFF as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.34:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.98:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #77AAFF looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #77aaff; }
.text { color: #77aaff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #77aaff; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(119 170 255 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #77aaff, #8877ff); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cornflower Blue.

See #77AAFF on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #77AAFF?: #77AAFF is a light, vivid azure known as Fennel Flower. It belongs to the blue family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Fennel Flower?: The RGB value is 119, 170, 255: 119 red, 170 green and 255 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Fennel Flower?: The complementary color is #FFCC77, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #77AAFF?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.98:1 and white text 2.34:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.