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Recognised as Colour

#77DCF2

  • #77DCF2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#77DCF2 is a cyan with RGB values 119, 220, 242 and HSL 191°, 83%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#77DCF2#77DCF2
HEX#77DCF2
RGBrgb(119, 220, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.8627, 0.949
RGB percentages46.7%, 86.3%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(190.7, 82.6%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.7, 50.8%, 94.9%)
CMYK50.8%, 9.1%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,855,346
CSS custom property--colour: #77DCF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.3:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#88230D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD6F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C8F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#24E5E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 15.4Powder blue · ΔE 15.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.63, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F28D77
Analogous#77F2CB, #779EF2
Triadic#F277DC, #DCF277
Split complementary#F2779F, #F2CB77
Tetradic#CA77F2, #F28D77, #9EF277

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D4F4FB
Lighter +10%#A6E8F6
Darker −10%#48D0EE
Darker −20%#1AC4E9
Darker −30%#129FBE
Darker −40%#0E788F
More saturated +25%#6AE4FF
Less saturated −25%#8AD0DF

Channel breakdown

R119
G220
B242
Red119 (46.7%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue190.73°
Saturation (HSL)82.55%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G DC · B F2

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