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Recognised as Colour

#74B9FD

  • #74B9FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#74B9FD is a blue with RGB values 116, 185, 253 and HSL 210°, 97%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#74B9FD#74B9FD
HEX#74B9FD
RGBrgb(116, 185, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.7255, 0.9922
RGB percentages45.5%, 72.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(209.8, 97.2%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.8, 54.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK54.2%, 26.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,649,789
CSS custom property--colour: #74B9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.1:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#8B4602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DBBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BAEFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#13C9D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 15Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 19Steel blue · ΔE 22.3Sky blue · ΔE 23.2Light steelblue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDB874
Analogous#74FDFC, #7474FD
Triadic#FD74B9, #B9FD74
Split complementary#FD7474, #FDFC74
Tetradic#FC74FD, #FDB874, #74FD74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9ECFE
Lighter +10%#A6D2FE
Darker −10%#42A0FC
Darker −20%#0F86FC
Darker −30%#036DD5
Darker −40%#0253A3
More saturated +25%#72B9FF
Less saturated −25%#86B9EB

Channel breakdown

R116
G185
B253
Red116 (45.5%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue209.78°
Saturation (HSL)97.16%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G B9 · B FD

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