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Recognised as Colour

#74C2EC

  • #74C2EC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#74C2EC is a blue with RGB values 116, 194, 236 and HSL 201°, 76%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#74C2EC#74C2EC
HEX#74C2EC
RGBrgb(116, 194, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.7608, 0.9255
RGB percentages45.5%, 76.1%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(201, 75.9%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201, 50.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK50.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,652,076
CSS custom property--colour: #74C2EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48353WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.67:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#8B3D13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEC0EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB3EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#2FCDD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.1Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.3Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 19Powder blue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9E74
Analogous#74ECDA, #7486EC
Triadic#EC74C2, #C2EC74
Split complementary#EC7486, #ECDA74
Tetradic#DA74EC, #EC9E74, #86EC74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFDFE
Lighter +20%#CEE9F8
Lighter +10%#A1D6F2
Darker −10%#47AEE6
Darker −20%#1E99DC
Darker −30%#187AAF
Darker −40%#125B82
More saturated +25%#61C8FF
Less saturated −25%#88BCD8

Channel breakdown

R116
G194
B236
Red116 (45.5%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue201°
Saturation (HSL)75.95%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G C2 · B EC

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