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Recognised as Colour

#77D3EC

  • #77D3EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#77D3EC is a cyan with RGB values 119, 211, 236 and HSL 193°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#77D3EC#77D3EC
HEX#77D3EC
RGBrgb(119, 211, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.8275, 0.9255
RGB percentages46.7%, 82.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(192.8, 75.5%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.8, 49.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK49.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,853,036
CSS custom property--colour: #77D3EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.31:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#882C13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2CEEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1C0ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#32DCDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.1Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 14.2Powder blue · ΔE 15.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.6Light steelblue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9077
Analogous#77ECCB, #7798EC
Triadic#EC77D3, #D3EC77
Split complementary#EC7798, #ECCA77
Tetradic#CB77EC, #EC9077, #99EC77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFEFF
Lighter +20%#D0F0F9
Lighter +10%#A4E1F2
Darker −10%#4AC5E6
Darker −20%#1FB5DE
Darker −30%#1991B1
Darker −40%#136C84
More saturated +25%#64DEFF
Less saturated −25%#8AC8D9

Channel breakdown

R119
G211
B236
Red119 (46.7%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue192.82°
Saturation (HSL)75.48%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G D3 · B EC

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