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Recognised as Colour

#74979D

  • #74979D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#74979D is a cyan with RGB values 116, 151, 157 and HSL 189°, 17%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#74979D#74979D
HEX#74979D
RGBrgb(116, 151, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.5922, 0.6157
RGB percentages45.5%, 59.2%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(188.8, 17.3%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.8, 26.1%, 61.6%)
CMYK26.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,640,989
CSS custom property--colour: #74979D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.66:1
Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#8B6862

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91949Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A8F9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#679A99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.1Light slate grey · ΔE 10.2Slate grey · ΔE 11.7Gray · ΔE 14.4Dark grey · ΔE 15.7Dim grey · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D7A74
Analogous#749D8F, #74839D
Triadic#9D7497, #979D74
Split complementary#9D7483, #9D8E74
Tetradic#8E749D, #9D7A74, #839D74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECF1F1
Lighter +30%#CEDADC
Lighter +20%#B0C4C7
Lighter +10%#92ADB2
Darker −10%#5C7D82
Darker −20%#476064
Darker −30%#324346
Darker −40%#1D2728
More saturated +25%#56ACBB
Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R116
G151
B157
Red116 (45.5%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue188.78°
Saturation (HSL)17.3%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 97 · B 9D

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