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Recognised as Colour

#74BCDB

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

#74BCDB is a cyan with RGB values 116, 188, 219 and HSL 198°, 59%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#74BCDB#74BCDB
HEX#74BCDB
RGBrgb(116, 188, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.7373, 0.8588
RGB percentages45.5%, 73.7%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(198.1, 58.9%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.1, 47%, 85.9%)
CMYK47%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,650,523
CSS custom property--colour: #74BCDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44794WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#8B4324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB9DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DAEDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#42C5C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.6Light skyblue · ΔE 9.8Light steelblue · ΔE 16Light blue · ΔE 16Powder blue · ΔE 19.8Cadetblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB9374
Analogous#74DBC6, #7489DB
Triadic#DB74BC, #BCDB74
Split complementary#DB7488, #DBC774
Tetradic#C774DB, #DB9374, #89DB74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF7FA
Lighter +20%#C5E3F0
Lighter +10%#9DD0E5
Darker −10%#4BA8D1
Darker −20%#3090B9
Darker −30%#257091
Darker −40%#1B5168
More saturated +25%#5EC5F1
Less saturated −25%#8AB3C5

Channel breakdown

R116
G188
B219
Red116 (45.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue198.06°
Saturation (HSL)58.86%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G BC · B DB

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