#77AAEE#77AAEE

#77AAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#77AAEE
RGB	rgb(119, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 1.61, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 39.27, 272.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0276 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.113 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4098, 38.8417, 86.3982)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#77AAEE #EEBB77

analogous

#77E5EE #77AAEE #8077EE

triadic

#77AAEE #EE77AA #AAEE77

tetradic

#77AAEE #EE77E5 #EEBB77 #77EE80

square

#77AAEE #EE77E5 #EEBB77 #77EE80

split-complementary

#77AAEE #EE8077 #E5EE77

monochromatic

#1A68D1 #4188E7 #77AAEE #ADCCF5 #E4EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#77AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#77AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #77AAEE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##77AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##77AAEE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EB9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #77aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(119, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c3f4',
    500: '#77aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #77aaee;
$custom-light: #a4c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#77aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 119,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72964,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#77AAEE

secondary

#F1E3D0

accent

#820BDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #77AAEE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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