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Recognised as Colour

#74BA9C

  • #74BA9C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#74BA9C is a cyan with RGB values 116, 186, 156 and HSL 154°, 34%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#74BA9C#74BA9C
HEX#74BA9C
RGBrgb(116, 186, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.7294, 0.6118
RGB percentages45.5%, 72.9%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(154.3, 33.7%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.3, 37.6%, 72.9%)
CMYK37.6%, 0%, 16.1%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,649,948
CSS custom property--colour: #74BA9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#8B4563

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7B19Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACA99Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#62BAB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 11.1Light seagreen · ΔE 17.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.8Cadetblue · ΔE 20.4Turquoise · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 10.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA7492
Analogous#74BA79, #74B5BA
Triadic#9C74BA, #BA9C74
Split complementary#BA74B5, #BA7974
Tetradic#7974BA, #BA7492, #B5BA74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFEFD
Lighter +30%#DAEDE5
Lighter +20%#B8DCCD
Lighter +10%#96CBB4
Darker −10%#53A884
Darker −20%#428669
Darker −30%#31644E
Darker −40%#214133
More saturated +25%#5AD4A0
Less saturated −25%#8EA098

Channel breakdown

R116
G186
B156
Red116 (45.5%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue154.29°
Saturation (HSL)33.65%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G BA · B 9C

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