Recognised as Colour

#77D0DD

#77D0DD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#77D0DD is a cyan with RGB values 119, 208, 221 and HSL 188°, 60%, 67%. 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

#77D0DD#77D0DD

HEX#77D0DD

RGBrgb(119, 208, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.8157, 0.8667

RGB percentages46.7%, 81.6%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(187.6, 60%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.6, 46.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK46.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,852,253

CSS custom property--colour: #77D0DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.6 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#882F22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3CADEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2BDDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Tritanopia#42D7D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 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 10.7 Powder blue · ΔE 13.7 Light blue · ΔE 13.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DD8477

Analogous#77DDB7, #779DDD

Triadic#DD77D0, #D0DD77

Split complementary#DD779D, #DDB777

Tetradic#B777DD, #DD8477, #9DDD77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1FAFC

Lighter +20%#C9ECF1

Lighter +10%#A0DEE7

Darker −10%#4EC2D3

Darker −20%#30ACBE

Darker −30%#258796

Darker −40%#1B626D

More saturated +25%#62E0F2

Less saturated −25%#8CC0C8

Channel breakdown

R119

G208

B221

Red119 (46.7%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue187.65°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 77 · G D0 · B DD

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