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Recognised as Colour

#77D5EA

  • #77D5EA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#77D5EA is a cyan with RGB values 119, 213, 234 and HSL 191°, 73%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#77D5EA#77D5EA
HEX#77D5EA
RGBrgb(119, 213, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.8353, 0.9176
RGB percentages46.7%, 83.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(191, 73.2%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191, 49.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK49.1%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,853,546
CSS custom property--colour: #77D5EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.49:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#882A15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CFEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3C2EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#33DDDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8Light blue · ΔE 14.1Powder blue · ΔE 14.9Light skyblue · ΔE 15Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA8C77
Analogous#77EAC6, #779BEA
Triadic#EA77D5, #D5EA77
Split complementary#EA779B, #EAC677
Tetradic#C677EA, #EA8C77, #9BEA77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFEFE
Lighter +20%#CFF0F8
Lighter +10%#A3E3F1
Darker −10%#4BC7E3
Darker −20%#22B8D9
Darker −30%#1B92AD
Darker −40%#146D81
More saturated +25%#63E1FE
Less saturated −25%#8BC9D6

Channel breakdown

R119
G213
B234
Red119 (46.7%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue190.96°
Saturation (HSL)73.25%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G D5 · B EA

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