French Sky Blue Color

#77b5fe

French Sky Blue is calm, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #884a01
Complementary Color #fec077
Color Shade: blue cyan (212.44° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 73.14% (better contrasting with white)
French Sky Blue Color Sample
French Sky Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #77b5fe

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to French Sky Blue Color. The Blue Chaos color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Long Island Sound (#95d0fc) for more calm effect. Try Bubbly Barracuda as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#fec077 is the best complementary color to French Sky Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #77b5fe complementary color is Macaroni and Cheese, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Malibu are #77f8fe and #7c77fe. Thus found on the left and right of #77b5fe on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aquamarine and Cornflower Blue colors as they work well with French Sky Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary French Sky Blue palette consists of #f8fe77 and #fe7c77 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fec077). Try Paris Daisy and Salmon colors in combination with #77b5fe, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #77b5fe offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the French Sky Blue. Thus Mint Green and Hot Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of French Sky Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Macaroni and Cheese, Blush Pink, and Screamin' Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #77b5fe square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. French Sky Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#fec077) and two others. The Hot Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aquamarine – 120° from the complementary Macaroni and Cheese. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fe77b4 and #77fec0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #77b5fe is made of 21% red, 33% green and 46% blue. In a HSL mode French Sky Blue has a hue angle of 212.44°, a saturation of 98.54% and a lightness of 73.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #77b5fe is made of 52.94% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #77b5fe
RGB Decimal rgb(119,181,254)
RGB Percentage 21%, 33%, 46%
CMYK 52.94, 28.63, 0, 0.39
HSL hsl(212.44,98.54%,73.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(212.44,53.15%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.3123,0.2452,-42.1878)
XYZ xyz(42.021,44.1254,100.0682)
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