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Recognised as Colour

#74BEB1

  • #74BEB1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#74BEB1 is a cyan with RGB values 116, 190, 177 and HSL 169°, 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 Light seagreen.

Colour values

#74BEB1#74BEB1
HEX#74BEB1
RGBrgb(116, 190, 177)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.7451, 0.6941
RGB percentages45.5%, 74.5%, 69.4%
HSLhsl(169.5, 36.3%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.5, 38.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK38.9%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,650,993
CSS custom property--colour: #74BEB1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43714WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.74:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#8B414E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8B6B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABADB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#5AC1BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 14.2Cadetblue · ΔE 14.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 14.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE7481
Analogous#74BE8C, #74A6BE
Triadic#B174BE, #BEB174
Split complementary#BE74A6, #BE8C74
Tetradic#8C74BE, #BE7481, #A6BE74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCEFEC
Lighter +20%#BADFD8
Lighter +10%#97CEC4
Darker −10%#51AE9E
Darker −20%#418B7E
Darker −30%#31685F
Darker −40%#21463F
More saturated +25%#5AD8C2
Less saturated −25%#8EA5A0

Channel breakdown

R116
G190
B177
Red116 (45.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue177 (69.4%)
Hue169.46°
Saturation (HSL)36.27%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 74 · G BE · B B1

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