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Colour

#74B9DF

  • #74B9DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#74B9DF is a blue with RGB values 116, 185, 223 and HSL 201°, 63%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#74B9DF#74B9DF
HEX#74B9DF
RGBrgb(116, 185, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.7255, 0.8745
RGB percentages45.5%, 72.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(201.3, 62.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.3, 48%, 87.5%)
CMYK48%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,649,759
CSS custom property--colour: #74B9DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#8B4620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B7E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#98ACDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#3FC3C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.2Sky blue · ΔE 9Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.8Light blue · ΔE 18.5Steel blue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF9A74
Analogous#74DFCF, #7484DF
Triadic#DF74B9, #B9DF74
Split complementary#DF7484, #DFCF74
Tetradic#CF74DF, #DF9A74, #84DF74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F8FC
Lighter +20%#C7E3F2
Lighter +10%#9DCEE9
Darker −10%#4BA4D5
Darker −20%#2C8CC1
Darker −30%#236E97
Darker −40%#19506E
More saturated +25%#5FBFF4
Less saturated −25%#89B3CA

Channel breakdown

R116
G185
B223
Red116 (45.5%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue201.31°
Saturation (HSL)62.57%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G B9 · B DF

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