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Colour

#77D8FF

  • #77D8FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#77D8FF is a cyan with RGB values 119, 216, 255 and HSL 197°, 100%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#77D8FF#77D8FF
HEX#77D8FF
RGBrgb(119, 216, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.8471, 1
RGB percentages46.7%, 84.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(197.2, 100%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.2, 53.3%, 100%)
CMYK53.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,854,335
CSS custom property--colour: #77D8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.05:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#882700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3D4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFC5FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#00E4E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.7Sky blue · ΔE 7.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.5Light blue · ΔE 17.9Powder blue · ΔE 20.6Light steelblue · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9E77
Analogous#77FFE2, #7794FF
Triadic#FF77D8, #D8FF77
Split complementary#FF7794, #FFE277
Tetradic#E277FF, #FF9E77, #94FF77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDF5FF
Lighter +10%#AAE7FF
Darker −10%#44C9FF
Darker −20%#11BBFF
Darker −30%#009EDD
Darker −40%#0079AA
More saturated +25%#77D8FF
Less saturated −25%#88D1EE

Channel breakdown

R119
G216
B255
Red119 (46.7%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue197.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G D8 · B FF

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