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Recognised as Colour

#74AA9B

  • #74AA9B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#74AA9B is a cyan with RGB values 116, 170, 155 and HSL 163°, 24%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#74AA9B#74AA9B
HEX#74AA9B
RGBrgb(116, 170, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.6667, 0.6078
RGB percentages45.5%, 66.7%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(163.3, 24.1%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.3, 31.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK31.8%, 0%, 8.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,645,851
CSS custom property--colour: #74AA9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34829WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#8B5564

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A39Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D9C9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#65ABA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.4Light seagreen · ΔE 18.4Dark cyan · ΔE 19.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.9Dark grey · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA7483
Analogous#74AA80, #749EAA
Triadic#9B74AA, #AA9B74
Split complementary#AA749E, #AA8074
Tetradic#8074AA, #AA7483, #9EAA74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F7F6
Lighter +30%#D3E4DF
Lighter +20%#B3D1C9
Lighter +10%#94BDB2
Darker −10%#599282
Darker −20%#467266
Darker −30%#32534A
Darker −40%#1F332D
More saturated +25%#58C6A7
Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R116
G170
B155
Red116 (45.5%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue163.33°
Saturation (HSL)24.11%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G AA · B 9B

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