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Recognised as Colour

#74B3CF

  • #74B3CF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#74B3CF is a cyan with RGB values 116, 179, 207 and HSL 198°, 49%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#74B3CF#74B3CF
HEX#74B3CF
RGBrgb(116, 179, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.702, 0.8118
RGB percentages45.5%, 70.2%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(198.5, 48.7%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 44%, 81.2%)
CMYK44%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,648,207
CSS custom property--colour: #74B3CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.09:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#8B4C30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4B0D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#97A6CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#4CBBBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.7Light skyblue · ΔE 12.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Light blue · ΔE 16.8Cadetblue · ΔE 17.1Light slate grey · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF9074
Analogous#74CFBD, #7486CF
Triadic#CF74B3, #B3CF74
Split complementary#CF7486, #CFBD74
Tetradic#BD74CF, #CF9074, #86CF74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F1F6
Lighter +20%#C0DCE9
Lighter +10%#9AC8DC
Darker −10%#4E9EC2
Darker −20%#3983A4
Darker −30%#2C657E
Darker −40%#1F4758
More saturated +25%#5DBCE6
Less saturated −25%#8BAAB8

Channel breakdown

R116
G179
B207
Red116 (45.5%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue198.46°
Saturation (HSL)48.66%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G B3 · B CF

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