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Recognised as Colour

#74BDDB

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

#74BDDB is a cyan with RGB values 116, 189, 219 and HSL 197°, 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

#74BDDB#74BDDB
HEX#74BDDB
RGBrgb(116, 189, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.7412, 0.8588
RGB percentages45.5%, 74.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(197.5, 58.9%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 47%, 85.9%)
CMYK47%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,650,779
CSS custom property--colour: #74BDDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.04:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#8B4224

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EAEDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#41C6C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.2Light skyblue · ΔE 10.1Light blue · ΔE 15.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2Powder blue · ΔE 19.3Cadetblue · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB9274
Analogous#74DBC5, #748ADB
Triadic#DB74BD, #BDDB74
Split complementary#DB748A, #DBC574
Tetradic#C574DB, #DB9274, #8ADB74

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%#4BAAD1
Darker −20%#3091B9
Darker −30%#257191
Darker −40%#1B5268
More saturated +25%#5EC6F1
Less saturated −25%#8AB4C5

Channel breakdown

R116
G189
B219
Red116 (45.5%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue197.48°
Saturation (HSL)58.86%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G BD · B DB

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