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Recognised as Colour

#77CFE6

  • #77CFE6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#77CFE6 is a cyan with RGB values 119, 207, 230 and HSL 192°, 69%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#77CFE6#77CFE6
HEX#77CFE6
RGBrgb(119, 207, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.8118, 0.902
RGB percentages46.7%, 81.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(192.4, 68.9%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.4, 48.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK48.3%, 10%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,852,006
CSS custom property--colour: #77CFE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54261WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.85:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#883019

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFCAE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBDE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#3AD8D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.9Light skyblue · ΔE 13.2Light blue · ΔE 13.6Powder blue · ΔE 15.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E68E77
Analogous#77E6C6, #7797E6
Triadic#E677CF, #CFE677
Split complementary#E67797, #E6C677
Tetradic#C677E6, #E68E77, #97E677

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FDFE
Lighter +20%#CDEDF6
Lighter +10%#A2DEEE
Darker −10%#4CC0DE
Darker −20%#26ADD1
Darker −30%#1E8AA6
Darker −40%#17667A
More saturated +25%#63DBFA
Less saturated −25%#8BC3D2

Channel breakdown

R119
G207
B230
Red119 (46.7%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue192.43°
Saturation (HSL)68.94%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G CF · B E6

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