#77FF69
Kelly Green · very light cool green
About #77FF69
#77FF69 is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 47% red, 100% green and 41% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 53% cyan, 0% magenta, 59% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Kelly Green and Mint (ΔE 24.3); Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F169FF — a fuchsia tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #77FF69 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.29:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #77FF69
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #77FF69?
#77FF69 is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 47% red, 100% green and 41% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 53% cyan, 0% magenta, 59% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #77FF69?
Use black text. Black on #77FF69 has a contrast ratio of 16.29:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #77FF69?
Its complementary colour is #F169FF, and analogous partners are #C2FF69 and #69FFA6.