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Recognised as Colour

#74BEBF

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

#74BEBF is a cyan with RGB values 116, 190, 191 and HSL 181°, 37%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#74BEBF#74BEBF
HEX#74BEBF
RGBrgb(116, 190, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.7451, 0.749
RGB percentages45.5%, 74.5%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(180.8, 36.9%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.8, 39.3%, 74.9%)
CMYK39.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,651,007
CSS custom property--colour: #74BEBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.86:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#8B4140

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B8BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7ADC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#53C2BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.3Powder blue · ΔE 16.2Light seagreen · ΔE 16.3Light blue · ΔE 16.8Sky blue · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF7574
Analogous#74BF9A, #7499BF
Triadic#BF74BE, #BEBF74
Split complementary#BF7499, #BF9A74
Tetradic#9A74BF, #BF7574, #99BF74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DDEFEF
Lighter +20%#BADFDF
Lighter +10%#97CECF
Darker −10%#51AEAF
Darker −20%#418B8C
Darker −30%#316969
Darker −40%#204647
More saturated +25%#5BD7D8
Less saturated −25%#8DA5A6

Channel breakdown

R116
G190
B191
Red116 (45.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue180.8°
Saturation (HSL)36.95%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G BE · B BF

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