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#77C2E1 Sky Blue

The nearest named color to #77C2E1 is Sky Blue (#87CEEB).

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#77C2E1

Sky Blue

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #77C2E1?

HEX
#77C2E1
RGB
rgb(119, 194, 225)
HSL
hsl(198, 64%, 67%)
OKLCH
oklch(77.7% 0.087 226)
CMYK
47, 14, 0, 12

#77C2E1 has a contrast ratio of 1.98:1 against white and 10.59:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #77C2E1
#77C2E1
Same color
White
2.0Fail
Near-black
8.8AAA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #77C2E1 · 8.8:1

Tints and shades of #77C2E1

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #E9F8FF
  2. #9BE1FF
  3. #77C2E1
  4. #59A4C2
  5. #3A86A3
  6. #166986
  7. #004D65
  8. #003243
  9. #001923

Colors that go with #77C2E1

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Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. Sky Blue, #77C2E1 and Turquoise, #56DABE; Sky Blue, #77C2E1 and Thistle, #CABAF0; Turquoise, #56DABE and Thistle, #CABAF0 become hard to tell apart — don't rely on color alone to separate them.

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:root {
  --sky-blue-1: #77C2E1; /* Sky Blue */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #77C2E1

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (14)

Tidepool

Iceberg

Gradients (8)

Mesh gradients (8)