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Recognised as Colour

#74ADAC

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

#74ADAC is a cyan with RGB values 116, 173, 172 and HSL 179°, 26%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#74ADAC#74ADAC
HEX#74ADAC
RGBrgb(116, 173, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.6784, 0.6745
RGB percentages45.5%, 67.8%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(178.9, 25.8%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 32.9%, 67.8%)
CMYK32.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,646,636
CSS custom property--colour: #74ADAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36579WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.32:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#8B5253

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A8ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BA0ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5FB0ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.2Light seagreen · ΔE 18.9Dark cyan · ΔE 19.3Light blue · ΔE 19.5Dark grey · ΔE 19.6Powder blue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD7475
Analogous#74AD8F, #7492AD
Triadic#AC74AD, #ADAC74
Split complementary#AD7492, #AD8F74
Tetradic#8F74AD, #AD7475, #92AD74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F9F9
Lighter +30%#D4E6E5
Lighter +20%#B4D3D2
Lighter +10%#94C0BF
Darker −10%#589695
Darker −20%#457675
Darker −30%#325655
Darker −40%#203535
More saturated +25%#58C9C7
Less saturated −25%#909191

Channel breakdown

R116
G173
B172
Red116 (45.5%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue178.95°
Saturation (HSL)25.79%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G AD · B AC

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