Closest web-safe match: #66CC66

Color Details and Palettes for #77DC63

Details about the color Koopa Green Shell#77DC63

Conversions, palettes, contrast & design ideas for this color.

Green family Cool WCAG ink: dark
HEX #77DC63 RGB rgb(119, 220, 99) HSL hsl(110, 63%, 63%) CMYK cmyk(46%, 0%, 55%, 14%)

Color profile

About Color Hex #77DC63

#77DC63 is a cool color from the Green family, closest in name to “Koopa Green Shell”. In RGB it is rgb(119, 220, 99); in HSL, hsl(110, 63%, 63%).

The color Koopa Green Shell, with hexadecimal code #77dc63, resides within the green color family, the hue most connected to nature, growth, and renewal. Green soothes the eye more than any other color, making it ideal for wellness, sustainability, and financial brands. Additionally, it evokes emotions such as Nature, Healing, Balance, Stability and Calmness. Green is often linked to nature and growth universally, and in some cultures, it symbolizes fertility, renewal, and even immortality. In Islam, green holds significant religious meaning. At 63% saturation, this color is clearly chromatic yet balanced—colorful enough to be distinctive without overwhelming adjacent content. At 63% lightness, it strikes an approachable, open balance—bright enough to feel welcoming yet substantial enough to carry visual weight. This color is ideal for designs that aim to express Nature, Healing, Balance, Stability, or Calmness. It can be effectively used in web design, branding, and marketing materials to attract attention and convey specific messages.

Key facts

RGB 119, 220, 99 red · green · blue HSL 110° 63% 63% hue · sat · light HSV 110° 55% 86% design-app pickers CMYK 46 0 55 14 print inks, % Luminance 0.560 0 dark → 1 light On black 12.20:1 ✓ AA contrast ratio On white 1.72:1 ✕ AA contrast ratio Web-safe #66CC66 closest web-safe Best text black ideal foreground Character Vivid cool · green family

The story of this color

History, Usage, Psychology & Design Ideas for #77DC63

Koopa Green Shell (#77DC63) belongs to the Green color family.

This vivid mid-tone strikes the ideal balance between intensity and readability, making it a strong candidate for primary brand colors, interactive UI elements, and logo design where immediate recognition is essential.

Historical Background

Green pigments were notoriously difficult to produce until modern chemistry. Ancient Egyptians used malachite, while Scheele's Green (1775) and Paris Green contained lethal arsenic—reportedly sickening Napoleon in his green-wallpapered exile room. In Islam, green symbolizes paradise and is associated with the Prophet Muhammad. Celtic traditions link green to the fae realm and the untamed forces of nature.

Design & Usage Tips

Green is the universal signifier of nature, sustainability, and health. It dominates eco-brands, organic food labels, and wellness apps. Medium greens work as primary brand colors, while darker greens (forest, hunter) lend gravitas to financial and legal institutions. Pair green with earth tones for authenticity or with white for clinical freshness.

Sitting on the cool side of the spectrum (hue 110°), it promotes a feeling of calm distance and intellectual clarity, which is why cool hues dominate corporate identities, healthcare design, and productivity tools. With 63% saturation, it occupies a comfortable middle ground: colorful enough to be distinctive, yet restrained enough for extended reading or large surface areas.

Psychological Impact

Green is the easiest color for the human eye to process, which is why it feels restful and balancing. It lowers stress, encourages concentration, and symbolizes renewal. In UX, green universally signals success, completion, and safe-to-proceed actions.

At 63% lightness, it reads clearly on dark backgrounds and provides a welcoming, open feel in light-themed designs—versatile across both contexts.

Creative Design Ideas

Create depth with a dark-to-light green gradient background for nature-themed landing pages. Use forest green with gold serif typography for a classic, trustworthy brand identity. In data visualization, green represents positive trends, growth, and on-target metrics.

Every format

#77DC63 Color Conversions

Every way to write Koopa Green Shell — one-tap copy on every format; tap on any card to learn what it is and when to use it.

12 formats
HEX Web
#77DC63

Hexadecimal is the web’s universal color notation — two digits each for red, green and blue. Drop it straight into HTML, CSS or any design tool.

RGB Screen
rgb(119, 220, 99)

RGB is the additive Red-Green-Blue model every screen uses to emit light. The default choice for websites, apps and on-screen UI.

HSL Web
hsl(110, 63%, 63%)

HSL breaks a color into Hue, Saturation and Lightness — the most intuitive way to lighten, darken or mute a color in CSS.

HSV HSB Design
hsv(110, 55%, 86%)

HSV (also called HSB) maps Hue, Saturation and Value/Brightness. It is the model behind the color pickers in Photoshop, Figma and most design apps.

HWB CSS 4
hwb(110 39% 14%)

HWB blends a pure hue with Whiteness and Blackness — a painter-friendly model added in CSS Color 4 for quick tints and shades.

CMYK Print
cmyk(46%, 0%, 55%, 14%)

CMYK is the subtractive Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black ink model. Use these values when preparing artwork for a printer or commercial press.

OKLCH Modern
oklch(80.66% 0.185 140.42)

OKLCH is a modern, perceptually-uniform space (Lightness, Chroma, Hue). It powers smooth gradients and accessible palettes in today’s CSS.

OKLab Modern
oklab(80.66% -0.143 0.118)

OKLab is the Cartesian form of OKLCH — ideal for blending and interpolating colors without the muddy midpoints older spaces produce.

CIELAB L*a*b* Perceptual
L: 79.62, a: -52.23, b: 49.77

CIELAB is a device-independent, perceptually-uniform space. It is the standard for measuring color difference (ΔE) and matching across devices.

LCH Perceptual
L: 79.62, C: 72.15, H: 136.38

LCH is CIELAB in cylindrical form — Lightness, Chroma and Hue — letting you adjust vividness and hue while staying perceptually even.

XYZ CIE Science
X: 35.45, Y: 56.01, Z: 20.75

CIE XYZ is the 1931 master space that underpins every other model here — the scientific bridge used to convert between color systems.

Decimal int Code
7855203

The 24-bit integer value of the color — handy for databases, APIs, game engines and low-level graphics code.

Channel breakdown

RGB Color Percentages for #77DC63

How much red, green and blue light mixes into Koopa Green Shell.

Red 119/255 27.2% Green 220/255 50.2% Blue 99/255 22.6%

Percentages show each channel's share of the total light (R + G + B) in Koopa Green Shell.

Ink coverage

CMYK Ink Levels & Print Guide for #77DC63

Ink needed to reproduce Koopa Green Shell in four-color print. Heaviest ink: Yellow.

46% CYAN 0% MAGENTA 55% YELLOW 14% KEY

Print tip: treat these values as a starting point — final output depends on printer profile, paper stock and calibration.

Accessibility · WCAG

Luminance & Contrast for #77DC63

How bright Koopa Green Shell is, and how far black and white text clear each WCAG bar.

Relative luminance 0.560
0 · dark1 · light

Contrast ratio · 1:1 → 21:1 (log scale)

Aa Black text 12.20:1 ✓ AA ✓ AAA ✓ Large
Aa White text 1.72:1 ✕ AA ✕ AAA ✕ Large

Developer shortcuts

Quick CSS Snippets for #77DC63

Copy-and-paste CSS for Koopa Green Shell — per-line copy, or grab the whole block.

koopa-green-shell.css
background-color: #77DC63;
color: #77DC63;
border: 2px solid #77DC63;
background-color: rgb(119, 220, 99);
background-color: hsl(110, 63%, 63%);
--color: #77DC63;

Shades · light to dark

#77DC63 Monochrome Palette

Lighter and darker steps of Koopa Green Shell — the color's full brightness range in one strip.

#F1FCEF
#DDF6D8
#C9F1C1
#B4ECA9
#A0E792
#8BE17A
#77DC63
#65BB54
#539A45
#417936
#305828
#1E3719
#0C160A

The dot marks the original color. Hover any shade to copy its hex or open its color page.

Harmony · 180° apart

#77DC63 Complementary Palette

Two colors opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast for attention-grabbing accents.

#77DC63
#C865DC

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Harmony · adjacent hues

#77DC63 Analogic Palette

Neighboring hues on the wheel — harmonious, calm combinations that feel unified.

#77DC63
#65DC8D
#B4DC65
#65DCC8
#DCC865
#65B4DC
#DC8D65

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Harmony · 120° apart

#77DC63 Triadic Palette

Three colors evenly spaced on the wheel — vibrant and energetic, yet balanced.

#77DC63
#6579DC
#DC6579

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Harmony · 90° apart

#77DC63 Quad Palette

Four colors evenly spaced on the wheel (tetradic) — rich schemes with multiple accents.

#77DC63
#65B4DC
#C865DC
#DC8D65

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Accessibility

Color Blindness Simulation for #77DC63

How Koopa Green Shell reads across five kinds of color vision — a ✓ Friendly verdict means the color difference stays distinguishable for that vision type.

#77DC63
#9D9587
#A3A480
#7C979C
#BEBEBE
Normal vision full color Deuteranopia green weakness ✕ Not friendly Protanopia red weakness ✕ Not friendly Tritanopia blue-yellow weakness ✕ Not friendly Achromatopsia total color blindness ✕ Not friendly

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Harmony overview

Color Harmonies for #77DC63

The lead color from each harmony scheme, side by side — a shortcut to the full palettes above.

#C865DC
#65DC8D
#6579DC
#65B4DC
Complementary opposite hue Analogous adjacent hue Triadic 120° apart Tetradic (Quad) 90° apart

Perceptually nearby

#77DC63 Nearby Colors

A step away in brightness, richness or shade — each still feels like the same color.

Herbivore#88EE77
Koopa Green Shell#66CC55
Mint to Be#99FF88
Exit Light#55BB44
Koopa Green Shell#66DD55
Pastel Green#88DD77
Hello Spring#55DD77
Last of Lettuce#99DD55

From the color-name library

Colors Similar to #77DC63

The closest named colors to #77DC63 — same mood, each with its own character.

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Herbivore#88EE77
Hello Spring#44DD66
Snarky Mint#9AE37D
Fluorescence#89D178
Fairy Tale Green#88CC55
The Matrix#70F15E
Green Priestess#11DD55
Grotesque Green#64E986
Limonana#11DD66
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Inspiration

Explore Vibrant Images Featuring Koopa Green Shell (#77dc63)

Curated Unsplash photos that carry the mood of Koopa Green Shell — hover any tile to download it or view the original.

Good to know

Frequently Asked Questions about #77DC63

#77DC63 is a cool color from the Green family. Its closest matched name is “Koopa Green Shell”, matched perceptually with the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula. In RGB it is rgb(119, 220, 99); in HSL, hsl(110, 63%, 63%).
In RGB, #77DC63 is rgb(119, 220, 99); in HSL it is hsl(110, 63%, 63%); and in CMYK — the model used for print — it is cmyk(46%, 0%, 55%, 14%).
#77DC63 has a contrast ratio of 12.20:1 against black and 1.72:1 against white. For readability, black body text meets the WCAG AA threshold of 4.5:1 on it, while white does not.
The direct complement of #77DC63 is #C865DC (opposite on the color wheel). For ready-made combinations, this page includes monochrome, analogous, triadic and tetradic palettes built from #77DC63 in the palette sections above.