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Recognised as Colour

#74BDBC

  • #74BDBC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#74BDBC is a cyan with RGB values 116, 189, 188 and HSL 179°, 36%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#74BDBC#74BDBC
HEX#74BDBC
RGBrgb(116, 189, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.7412, 0.7373
RGB percentages45.5%, 74.1%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(179.2, 35.6%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.2, 38.6%, 74.1%)
CMYK38.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,650,748
CSS custom property--colour: #74BDBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.4 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#8B4243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4B6BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7ACBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#55C1BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 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

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.3Light seagreen · ΔE 15.9Powder blue · ΔE 16.7Light blue · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD7475
Analogous#74BD98, #7499BD
Triadic#BC74BD, #BDBC74
Split complementary#BD7499, #BD9874
Tetradic#9874BD, #BD7475, #99BD74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCEEEE
Lighter +20%#B9DEDD
Lighter +10%#97CDCD
Darker −10%#52ACAB
Darker −20%#418A89
Darker −30%#316766
Darker −40%#214444
More saturated +25%#5AD7D5
Less saturated −25%#8EA3A3

Channel breakdown

R116
G189
B188
Red116 (45.5%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue179.18°
Saturation (HSL)35.61%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G BD · B BC

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