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Recognised as Colour

#74A390

  • #74A390
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#74A390 is a cyan with RGB values 116, 163, 144 and HSL 156°, 20%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#74A390#74A390
HEX#74A390
RGBrgb(116, 163, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.6392, 0.5647
RGB percentages45.5%, 63.9%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(155.7, 20.3%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.7, 28.8%, 63.9%)
CMYK28.8%, 0%, 11.7%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,644,048
CSS custom property--colour: #74A390;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#8B5C6F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A19D8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#989791no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#69A39Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 12.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.4Dark cyan · ΔE 20.7Light seagreen · ΔE 21Dark grey · ΔE 21.4Teal · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 12.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A37487
Analogous#74A378, #749FA3
Triadic#9074A3, #A39074
Split complementary#A3749F, #A37874
Tetradic#7874A3, #A37487, #9EA374

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFF4F2
Lighter +30%#D0E0DA
Lighter +20%#B1CCC1
Lighter +10%#93B7A9
Darker −10%#5B8976
Darker −20%#466B5C
Darker −30%#324C41
Darker −40%#1E2D27
More saturated +25%#57C096
Less saturated −25%#8B8B8B

Channel breakdown

R116
G163
B144
Red116 (45.5%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue155.74°
Saturation (HSL)20.35%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G A3 · B 90

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