#77C9EE#77C9EE

#77C9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.096 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#77C9EE
RGB	rgb(119, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -15.16, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 30.11, 239.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.063 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.096 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9213, 51.8647, 88.5687)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#77C9EE #EE9C77

analogous

#77EED7 #77C9EE #778EEE

triadic

#77C9EE #EE77C9 #C9EE77

tetradic

#77C9EE #D777EE #EE9C77 #8EEE77

square

#77C9EE #D777EE #EE9C77 #8EEE77

split-complementary

#77C9EE #EE778E #EED777

monochromatic

#1A98D1 #41B3E7 #77C9EE #ADDFF5 #E4F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#77C9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#77C9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #77C9EE

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##77C9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##77C9EE	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #77c9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(119, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.096 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d9f3',
    500: '#77c9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #77c9ee;
$custom-light: #a5d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#77c9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 119,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.655,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79724,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#77C9EE

secondary

#C76B42

accent

#4C0BDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #77C9EE

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

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