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Colour

#74CCDD

  • #74CCDD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#74CCDD is a cyan with RGB values 116, 204, 221 and HSL 190°, 61%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#74CCDD#74CCDD
HEX#74CCDD
RGBrgb(116, 204, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8, 0.8667
RGB percentages45.5%, 80%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(189.7, 60.7%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 47.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK47.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,654,621
CSS custom property--colour: #74CCDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.42:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#8B3322

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC6DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADBADDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#3BD4D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 13.9Powder blue · ΔE 14.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD8574
Analogous#74DDB9, #7498DD
Triadic#DD74CC, #CCDD74
Split complementary#DD7498, #DDB974
Tetradic#B974DD, #DD8574, #98DD74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFF9FB
Lighter +20%#C6EAF1
Lighter +10%#9DDBE7
Darker −10%#4BBDD3
Darker −20%#2EA6BD
Darker −30%#248294
Darker −40%#1A5E6B
More saturated +25%#5EDBF3
Less saturated −25%#8ABDC7

Channel breakdown

R116
G204
B221
Red116 (45.5%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue189.71°
Saturation (HSL)60.69%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G CC · B DD

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