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Recognised as Colour

#74BFEB

  • #74BFEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#74BFEB is a blue with RGB values 116, 191, 235 and HSL 202°, 75%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#74BFEB#74BFEB
HEX#74BFEB
RGBrgb(116, 191, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.749, 0.9216
RGB percentages45.5%, 74.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(202.2, 74.8%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.2, 50.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK50.6%, 18.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,651,307
CSS custom property--colour: #74BFEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.39:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#8B4014

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBEEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB1EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#31CACDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.6Sky blue · ΔE 9.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 20Steel blue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBA074
Analogous#74EBDB, #7484EB
Triadic#EB74BF, #BFEB74
Split complementary#EB7484, #EBDB74
Tetradic#DB74EB, #EBA074, #84EB74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFDFE
Lighter +20%#CDE8F8
Lighter +10%#A1D4F1
Darker −10%#47AAE5
Darker −20%#1F95DA
Darker −30%#1976AD
Darker −40%#125881
More saturated +25%#60C4FF
Less saturated −25%#88BAD7

Channel breakdown

R116
G191
B235
Red116 (45.5%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue202.18°
Saturation (HSL)74.84%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G BF · B EB

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