What color is #77A99F?

#77A99F is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Turquoise Fantasies. It belongs to the teal family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #77A99F?

The RGB value is 119, 169, 159: 119 red, 169 green and 159 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #77A99F?

The complementary color is #A97781, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #77A99F?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.96:1 and white text 2.64:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#77A99F color

#77A99F rgb(119, 169, 159)

Shades of teal

The hex color #77A99F is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 46.7% red, 66.3% green and 62.4% blue (119, 169, 159).

Its hue angle is 168°, with 23% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 34% black.

The closest named color is Turquoise Fantasies (#6DAFA7), a difference of 3.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.96:1).

#77A99F color codes

HEX	`#77A99F`
RGB	`rgb(119, 169, 159)`
RGB percent	`rgb(46.7%, 66.3%, 62.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(168, 23%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(168, 30%, 66%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(30%, 0%, 6%, 34%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.59, -18.79, -0.18)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.59, 18.8, 180.54)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(28.052, 34.8, 38.033)`
Decimal	`7842207`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #77A99F, 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 #77A99F	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.96:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.64:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#77A99F as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.64:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.96:1	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 #77A99F looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #77a99f; }
.text { color: #77a99f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #77a99f; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(119 169 159 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #77a99f, #779aa9); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cadet Blue.

Questions

What color is #77A99F?: #77A99F is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Turquoise Fantasies. It belongs to the teal family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #77A99F?: The RGB value is 119, 169, 159: 119 red, 169 green and 159 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #77A99F?: The complementary color is #A97781, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #77A99F?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.96:1 and white text 2.64:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.