Crayola crayon color
Crayola Turquoise Blue #77DDE7
Crayola Turquoise Blue is shown here as #77DDE7, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale muted cyan in the cyan family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.840, chroma 0.096 and hue 203.8°. The nearest CSS named color is paleturquoise (#AFEEEE), ΔE2000 7.3 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.6140
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.840 · 0.096 · 203.8
- Best text
- Black 13.28:1
- Hue family
- Cyan
#77DDE7 color codes
- HEX
#77DDE7- RGB
rgb(119, 221, 231)- HSL
hsl(185, 70%, 69%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.840 0.096 203.8)- OKLab
oklab(0.840 -0.088 -0.039)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 82.59, a* -27.13, b* -14.10- XYZ (D65)
X 47.88, Y 61.40, Z 84.91- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(48%, 4%, 0%, 9%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Crayola is a trademark of Crayola LLC, which this site is not affiliated with. The value is the commonly published sRGB rendering of the crayon, not a Crayola specification.
Legibility
Contrast: is #77DDE7 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 13.28:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.58:1.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
13.28:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +77
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White text on it
1.58:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −29
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As text on black
13.28:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −76
-
As text on white
1.58:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +26
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#00838C 4.54:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.84 to 0.55 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#77DDE7 13.28:1
It already reaches 13.28:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #77DDE7 live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #77DDE7
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #77DDE7 sits at step 300.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #77DDE7 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.143; #77DDE7 uses 67% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.191 there: 34% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.096
- sRGB edge
- 0.143
- Display P3 edge
- 0.191
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.193
- Dominant wavelength
- 489 nm
- Excitation purity
- 25%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.2466, y 0.3162
- This color#77DDE7
- Most vivid in sRGB#00E5F5
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.840 0.191 203.8)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #77dde7;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.9081 0.9995); }
}Mixing
Mixing #77DDE7
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#BBEEF3
- OKLab50%#C0EFF3
- OKLCH50%#C0EFF3
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#3C6F74
- OKLab50%#2A5559
- OKLCH50%#2A5559
Its complement #FFB4AF
- sRGB50%#BBC9CB
- OKLab50%#C7CBCC
- OKLCH50%#CDC0FF
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #77dde7, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #77dde7 50%, white);In use
#77DDE7 in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:113.28:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.58:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.58:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.58:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #00838C 4.54:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:113.28:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:111.84:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:111.84:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:111.84:1 Passes
Color vision
How #77DDE7 looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 21.9; tritanopia changes it least, 7.5.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#CFD6E8 ΔE2000 21.5
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#BDC8E8 ΔE2000 21.9
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#33E4E0 ΔE2000 7.5
Noticeable
Reads as pale soft cyan
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#CECECE ΔE2000 21.3
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #FFB4AF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.07:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #77DDE7 · #FFB4AF | 53.3 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #CFD6E8 · #C3BEAE | 17.5 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #BDC8E8 · #D5CDAE | 26.7 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #33E4E0 · #FFABB3 | 53.1 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #CECECE · #C7C7C7 | 1.7 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #77DDE7
Its complement is #FFB4AF, a pale muted red, on the warm side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#77DDE7
- Complement#FFB4AF
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#83DFC5
- Base#77DDE7
- +30°#8AD5FF
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#77DDE7
- +120°#EAB5EE
- +240°#E8C580
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#77DDE7
- +150°#FDB1CF
- +210°#FCBA8F
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-turquoise-blue: #77dde7;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-turquoise-blue': '#77dde7',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-turquoise-blue: oklch(0.840 0.096 203.8);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-turquoise-blue": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.4667, 0.8667, 0.9059],
"hex": "#77dde7"
},
"$description": "Crayola Turquoise Blue"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaTurquoiseBlue = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.467, green: 0.867, blue: 0.906, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaTurquoiseBlue = Color(0xFF77DDE7)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #77DDE7 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.