Colour

#77D8EC

#77D8EC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#77D8EC is a cyan with RGB values 119, 216, 236 and HSL 190°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#77D8EC#77D8EC

HEX#77D8EC

RGBrgb(119, 216, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.8471, 0.9255

RGB percentages46.7%, 84.7%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(190.3, 75.5%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 49.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK49.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,854,316

CSS custom property--colour: #77D8EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.82:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#882713

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8D2EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6C4ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Tritanopia#2FE0DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.2 Light blue · ΔE 14.6 Powder blue · ΔE 14.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 16 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EC8B77

Analogous#77ECC6, #779DEC

Triadic#EC77D8, #D8EC77

Split complementary#EC779D, #ECC677

Tetradic#C677EC, #EC8B77, #9DEC77

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFEFF

Lighter +20%#D0F2F9

Lighter +10%#A4E5F2

Darker −10%#4ACBE6

Darker −20%#1FBDDE

Darker −30%#1997B1

Darker −40%#137184

More saturated +25%#64E5FF

Less saturated −25%#8ACBD9

Channel breakdown

R119

G216

B236

Red119 (46.7%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue190.26°

Saturation (HSL)75.48%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 77 · G D8 · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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